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Erected  at  Culpeper,  Va.,   by  the  State  of  Pennsylvania. 


REPORT 


OF  THE 


Culpeper  Virginia  Monument 
Commission 

OF  PENNSYLVANIA 


HARRISBURG.   PA.: 

WM.  STANLEY  RAY.  STATE  PRINTER 

1914 


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LETTER  OF  TRANSMITTAL. 


To  His  Excellency,  John  K.  Tener,  Governor  of  Pennsylvania: 

Sir :  The  undersigned,  appointed  November  10th,  1909,  a  Com- 
mission of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  to  erect  a  suitable  monu- 
ment in  the  National  Cemetery,  at  Culpeper,  Virginia,  to  the 
memory  of  the  Pennsylvania  soldiers  buried  therein,  have  the 
honor  to  present  this  as  their  final  report. 

S.  W.  HILL, 
CHAS.  H.  WORMAN, 
.      •  F.  F.  ROHM, 

Culpeper,  Virginia,  Monument  Commissioners  of  Pennsylvania. 


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HISTORY  OF  ORIGIN  OF  APPROPRIATION  FOR 
CULPEPER,  VIRGINIA,  MONUMENT. 


East  Chicago,  Ind.,  Dec.  2nd,  1912. 
Colonel  S.  W.  Hill, 

President,  Culpeper,  Virginia,  Monument  Commission, 
Bellevue,  Pa. 

Dear  Sir :  Replying  to  your  communication  under  date  of  No- 
vember 30th,  in  reference  to  giving  you  history  of  the  legislation 
in  connection  with  appropriation  for  the  Culpeper,  Virginia, 
Monument,  beg  to  state  that  during  the  session  of  1907,  I  re- 
ceived a  communication  from  Colonel  Burrows,  who  was  a  Con- 
federate soldier,  then  located  in  Homestead,  Pa.,  asking  me 
whether  I  would  introduce  a  bill  for  a  monument  in  memory  of 
the  Pennsylvania  soldiers,  who  were  buried  in  Culpeper,  Va. 

In  reply  I  wrote  him  stating  that  I  would  be  pleased  to  intro- 
duce a  bill  covering  such  an  appropriation,  and  asked  him  to 
kindly  have  the  bill  drafted  and  sent  to  me.  Upon  receipt  of  the 
bill  I  found  that  he  had  not  stipulated  the  amount  necessary  for 
the  monument,  but  prior  to  my  receiving  an  answer  to  my  com- 
munication I  was  compelled  to  introduce  the  bill,  and  asked  for 
an  appropriation  of  $20,000.00. 

In  the  meantime  I  received  a  communication  from  Colonel 
Burrows,  stating  that  he  thought  that  $5,000.00  would  be  ample 
for  a  monument  in  the  National  Cemetery.  I  then  had  to  go 
before  the  appropriation  committee  and  was  fortunate  in  getting 
the  bill  through  for  $8,000.00,  as  money  in  the  State  Treasury 
was  limited,  it  was  necessary  to  cut  appropriation  bills.  I  was 
fortunate  in  having  the  bill  passed  through  the  House  and  Sen- 
ate and  signed  with  the  rest  of  the  appropriation  bills,  but  when 
it  came  to  the  Governor's  signature,  out  of  the  many  bills  that 
had  been  passed  for  monuments,  he  signed  five,  vetoing  the  re- 
mainder, due  to  the  fact  that  they  did  not  have  money  enough 

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to  cover  the  more  important  appropriation  bills,  but  I  believe  the 
one  reason  which  the  Governor  had  for  signing  this  bill  was  clue 
to  the  fact  that  it  had  been  presented  by  a  Confederate  soldier. 
After  the  bill  had  been  signed  by%  the  Governor  on  June  13th, 
1907,  the  Governor  then  found  that  the  commission  was  to  be  the 
Governor  of  the  State,  the  Auditor  General,  and  at  this  time 
I  cannot  remember  the  other  members  of  the  committee. 

This  was  unusual  and  a  mistake,  as  the  bill  should  have  read, 
giving  the  Governor  power  to  appoint  a  commission.  As  the 
Governor  could  not  give  the  time  to  the  execution  of  this  work, 
we  had  to  defer  the  bill  until  the  next  Legislature  of  1909,  and 
have  the  bill  amended,  giving  the  Governor  the  power  to  appoint 
a  commission.  . 

It  is  not  necessary  for  me  to  dwell  upon  the  ability  of  this 
commission,  as  the  monument  itself  speaks  in  the  way  this  com- 
mission has  carried  out  their  obligation. 

I  regret  very  much  that  I  cannot  find  in  my  files,  the  letter 
which  Colonel  Burrows  wrote  to  me  and  which  I  was  able  to 
show  the  Governor  in  behalf  of  signing  this  measure,  but  I  feel 
quite  sure  if  there  is  any  credit  due  for  this  bill  passing  through 
the  Pennsylvania  Legislature,  it  is  due  to  Colonel  Burrows. 

I  shall  be  pleased  if  I  can  add  anything  further  to  the  history 
of  the  passing  of  this  bill,  and  beg  to  remain, 
Very  truly  yours, 

C.  J.  MESTA. 


NO.  551.    APPROVED  MAY  13TH,  1909. 


An  Act  to  amend  an  act,  entitled  "An  act  making  an  appropria- 
tion for  the  erection  of  a  suitable  monmnent,  in  the  National 
Cemetery  at  Culpeper,  Virginia,  to  the  memory  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania soldiers  of  the  Civil  War  buried  therein,"  approved 
the  thirteenth  day  of  June,  Anno  Domini  one  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  seven. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted,  &c.,  That  the  sum  of  eight  thousand 
dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be  and  is  here- 
by appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  suitable  monument 
in  the  National  Cemetery,  at  Culpeper,  Virginia,  to.  the  memory 
of  the  Pennsylvania  soldiers  buried  therein ;  and  that  the  Gov- 
ernor, Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  the  Secretary  of  In- 
ternal Affairs  be  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  take  the  necessary  steps  to  carry  out,  as  speedily  as  possible, 
the  provisions  of  this  act,"  be  amended  to  read  as  follows : — 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted,  &c..  That  the  sum  of  eight  thousand 
dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be  and  is  hereby 
appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  suitable  monument  in 
the  National  Cemetery,  at  Culpeper,  Virginia,  to  the  memory 
of  the  Pennsylvania  soldiers  buried  therein ;  and  that^the  Gover- 
nor is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  appoint  a  commis- 
sion of  three  persons  to  take  the  necessary  steps  to  carry  out,  as 
speedily  as  possible,  the  provisions  of  this  act :  Provided,  That 
the  sum  of  eight  thousand  dollars  appropriated  by  the  act  of  June 
thirteenth,  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  seven,  hereby 
amended,  be  made  available  to  meet  the  provisions  of  this  act. 
Approved— The  13th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1909. 

EDWIN  S.  STUART, 

Governor. 


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Governor  Edwin  S.   Stuart,   Who  Appointed  the  Commission. 


Harrisburg,  Pa., 

December  28,  1909. 
Colonel  S.  W.  Hill, 

Pittsburgh,  Penna. 

My  dear  Sir :    I  am  writing  you  this  letter  in  compliance  with 
.your  verbal  inquiries  concerning  the  appropriation  to  the  Com- 
mission to  erect  a  monument  in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Cul- 
peper,  Virginia,  in  memory  of  the  Pennsylvania  soldiers  buried 
there. 

I  note  that  the  appropriation  is  in  the  sum  of  $8,000  "for  the 
purpose  of  erecting  a  suitable  monument  in  the  National  Ceme- 
tery at  Culpeper,  Va."  No  other  appropriation  is  made  by  this 
Act,  and  I  believe  the  wording  of  the  Act  is  broad  enough  to  in- 
clude all  absolutely  necessary  collateral  expenses  of  the  Commis- 
sion incurred  in  the  work  of  preparing  plans,  drawing  contracts 
and  erecting  the  statue  itself.  As  the  appropriation  is  made  for 
the  purpose  of  erecting  a  statue,  it  would  be  absurd  to  hold  that 
the  money  cannot  be  used  for  any  purpose  other  than  to  pay  for 
the  bare  statue  itself.  So  to  hold  would  be  to  prevent  the  erec- 
tion of  the  statue.  I  am  therefore  of  the  opinion  that  collateral 
expenses,  as  above  set  forth  may  be  paid  out  of  this  appropria- 
tion ;  such  collateral  expenses,  of  course,  including  the  absolutely 
necessary  traveling  expenses  of  the  members  of  the  commission. 

As  soon  as  the  commission  is  organized,  you  will  please  have 
the  Secretary  certify  the  names  of  the  officers  to  us.  When 
any  contract  is  let,  give  us  a  certified  copy  of  the  contract ;  when 
plans  and  specifications  are  accepted,  give  us  certified  copies  of 
them,  also. 

Herewith  I  am  handing  you  the  blank  forms  that  will  be  neces- 
sary in  drawing  the  money  from  the  State  Treasury.  I  presume 
the  most  convenient  way  of  drawing  this  money  is  to  have  you 
furnish  us  with  a  signed  voucher  on  "C-Form-13,"  all  the  vouch- 
ers being  listed  on  a  Summary  Requisition,  "C-Form-7^."  If 
you  find  it  impossible  to  get  the  vouchers  signed  before  the 
money  is  actually  paid  over,  we  may  be  able  to  make  some  other 
arrangement,  but  this  is  the  easiest  method.     You  will  note  that 

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the  Requisition  at  the  head  of  "C-Form-7^"  must  be  signed  by 
the  Treasurer  of  the  Qommission  and  the  wording  of  such  Re- 
quisition should  be  changed  to  suit  the  character  of  the  Com- 
mission. 

I  think,  so  far.  as  regards  the  personal  expenses  of  the  Com- 
mission, it  would  be  best  for  each  member  to  turn  his  signed 
voucher  over  to  the  Treasurer,  and  let  the  Treasurer  draw  the 
money  along  with  the  money  to  cover  other  expenses.  Money 
may  be  drawn  out  of  the  appropriation  from  time  to  time  accord- 
ing to  the  necessities  of  the  case. 

Please  note  that  in  charging  for  traveling  expenses,  this  De- 
partment requires  that  the  vouchers  show  the  name  of  the  rail- 
road upon  which  the  traveling  is  done,  the  stations  of  arrival  and 
departure,  and  the  number  of  miles  traveled,  and  that  hotel  bills 
should  be  covered  by  receipts  attached  to  the  form  of  voucher. 
All  other  expenses  for  which  it  is  convenient  to  get  a  receipt 
should  also  be  covered  by  such  receipts. 

We  shall  be  glad  at  any  time  to  answer  any  questions  that  you 
have  to  ask  upon  the  subject  of  these  accounts. 
Very  truly  yours, 

T.  A.  CRICHTON, 

Deputy  Auditor  General. 


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MEETINGS  AND  ITINERARY  OF  THE  CULPEPER, 
VIRGINIA,  MONUMENT  COMMISSION. 

THE  Commission  met  by  appointment  on  December  29th,  1909, 
at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  organized  by  electing  S.  W.  Hill, 
Chairman,  Chas.  H.  Worman,  Treasurer,  and  F.  F.  Rohm, 
Secretary. 

The  Commission,  after  deliberation,  proceeded  to  Washington, 
D.  C,  and  established  a  working  agreement  with  the  Quarter- 
Master  General  of  the  United  States  Army  in  charge  of  the  Na- 
tional Cemetery  at  Culpeper,  Va. 

The  next  day  the  Commission  proceeded  to  Culpeper,  Va.,  with 
a  letter  from  the  Quarter-Master  General,  U.  S.  A.,  to  the  Super- 
intendent of  the  National  Cemetery  for  the  selection  of  the  site 
for  the  proposed  monument. 

Proposals  for  design  and  erection  of  monument  were  asked  in 
the  following  advertisement  published  in  daily  papers  of  Phila- 
delphia, Harrisburg,  and  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

PROPOSALS. 

Culpeper,  Va.,  Monument  Commission  of  State  of  Pennsylvania. 

(Under  the  provisions  of  Act  of  Assembly  of  Pennsylvania,  No. 

551,  approved  May  13,  1909). 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  1,  1910. 

Sealed  proposals,  endorsed  on  envelope  "Proposals  for  Erec- 
tion of  Monument  by  State  of  Pennsylvania,  in  the  U.  S.  Na- 
tional Cemetery,  Culpeper,  Va.,'  will  be  received  in  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  at  Room  544,  City  Hall,  until  noon  of  May  5,  1910,  when 
they  will  be  opened  by  the  undersigned  commission. 

No  name  or  mark  of  identification  shall  appear  on  any  en- 
velope or  drawing,  but  the  name  of  the  author  and  the  proposal 
shall  be  enclosed  in  a  separate  opaque  envelope  sealed  with  wax. 

Said  proposals  will  cover  the  complete  cost  of  design,  excava- 
tion to  a  good  and  sufficient  foundation.  The  ground  at  the  ceme- 
tery is  a  clay  soil,  18  inches  is  below  frost  line,  moisture  pene- 
trates to  three  feet,  excavation  should  be  not  less  than  four  feet. 
Monument  to  be  erected  thereon,  four  bronze  tablets  with  such 
inscriptions  cast  thereon  as  the  commission  shall  later  decide  as 


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in  harmony  with  the  design  submitted,  also  one  bronze  tablet  of 
the  Coat  of  Arms  of  Pennsylvania,  same  as  has  been  customary 
on  monuments  erected  by  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  all  tablets 
to  be  neatly  countersunk  on  the  stone,  set  in  strong  concrete  mor- 
tar of  one  part  best  Portland  cement  and  four  parts  clean  sharp 
sand,  and  then  secured  by  proper  expansion  screw  bolts. 

Material  to  be  granite  and  bronze. 

Each  bidder  will  furnish  his  own  design  on  a  scale  of  f  inch 
equals  12  inches,  and  specify  the  time  the  monument  shall  be 
completed. 

Photographic  views  of  the  location  of  the  monument  will  be 
furnished  by  any  of  the  commissioners  to  intending  bidders. 

Bidders  will  specify  the  kind  of  granite  and  the  formula  of 
composition  of  bronze. 

Designs  and  proposals  cannot  be  entertained  that  exceed  a  cost 
of  $7,000,  which  shall  include  cost  of  removal  of  waste  material, 
cleaning  up  and  resodding  the  ground. 

Proposals  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  certified  check  in  the 
sum  of  five  per  cent,  of  the  amount  of  the  proposal,  as  security 
that  the  bidder  to  whom  the  award  is  made  shall  promptly  fur- 
nish a  surety  company  bond,  to  be  approved  by  the  Commission, 
in  the  sum  of  $3,500,  or  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  contract  price,  and 
sign  a  contract  that  shall  embody  the  necessary  specifications  for 
carrying  out  the  proposals. 

The  Commission  reserves  the  right  to  reject  any  or  all  bids. 

S.  W.  HILL, 

CHAS.   H.  WORMAN, 

F.  F.  ROHM, 

Commission. 


May  5th,  1910,  the  Commission  met  at  Philadelphia  to  receive 
proposals  for  the  monument.  Bids  were  received  from  four 
firms.  The  designs  were  many  and  beautiful  and  the  following 
firms  were  represented : 

The  Van  Amringe  Granite  Co.,  of  Boston,  Mass. 

The  Harrison  Bro.  Granite  Co.,  of  New  York. 

The  Smith  Granite  Co.,  of  Westerly,  R.  L 

The  Forbes  Granite  Co.,  of  Chambersburg,  Pa. 

May  12th,  1910,  after  carefully  inspecting  the  different  designs, 
the  Commission  awarded  the  contract  to  the  Smith  Granite  Com- 
pany of  Westerly,  R.  L  The  design  is  a  pyramid  of  rough  and 
hammered  Westerly  Granite,  thirteen  feet  at  base,  and  four  feet 
at  top  with  a  polished  ball  of  the  same  material  five  feet  in  dia- 


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meter  surmounting  it  the  whole  to  be  28  feet,  6  inches,  in 
height,  each  side  having  a  bronze  tablet  of  Keystone  design  to 
contain  such  inscriptions  as  the  Commission  shall  provide.  The 
entire  cost  of  the  monument  when  completed  not  to  exceed  seven 
thousand  dollars. 

On  July  20th,  1910,  after  going  over  the  papers  and  data  in 
their  possession,  the  Commission  in  company  with  Mr.  Shenton, 
representing  the  Smith  Granite  Co.,  went  to  the  Quarter  Master 
General's  Department,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  and  submitted  de- 
signs and  proposals  for  consideration  and  approval.  Having 
located  the  site  for  the  monument  December  29th,  1909,  they 
asked  permission  to  have  the  foundation  erected  which  was 
granted  after  consultation  with  the  civil  engineer  in  charge  of 
such  matters. 

April  6th,  1911,  the  Commission  met  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and 
appeared  before  the  Appropriation  Committee  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  and  asked  for  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  to 
defray  the  expense  of  dedicating  the  monument  which  sum  was 
granted. 

May  6th  1912,  the  Commission  visited  the  War  Department, 
and  made  arrangements  to  have  one  of  the  engineers  of  the  De- 
partment inspect  the  monument  before  accepting  it  from  the 
Smith  Granite  Company.  The  inspection  of  the  monument  by 
civil  engineer,  Mr.  E.  G.  Mitchell,  showed  that  the  bronze  tab- 
lets were  not  properly  recessed  nor  secured.  The  Commission, 
therefore,  required  of  the  contractor  that  the  four  tablets  be 
taken  down,  the  recesses  recut,  the  tablets  replaced  and  firmly 
secured  in  place. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Commission  held  in  Philadelphia,  July 
26th,  1912,  Mr.  W.  S.  Martin,  Secretary  and  General  Manager 
of  the  Smith  Granite  Company  agreed  to  comply  with  our  re- 
quirements. They  later  faithfully  completed  the  monument  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  Quarter  Master  General  of  the  U.  S.  Army 
in  charge  of  Culpeper  National  Cemetery. 

Septem*l3er  16th,  1912,  the  Commission  proceeded  to  Culpeper 
for  a  final  inspection  of  the  monument  and  to  make  arrange- 
ments for  the  dedication.  The  monument  proved  to  be  very 
satisfactory  and  beautiful,  and  was  accepted  from  the  Smith 
Granite  Company  as  a  very  fine  piece  of  workmanship,  and  Oc- 
tober the  17th  was  set  for  its  dedication. 


COPY  OF  THE  CONTRACT  WITH  THE  SMITH 
GRANITE  COMPANY. 


This  Memorandum  of  an  Agreement,  made  at  Philadelphia, 
this  12th  day  of  May,  1910,  by  and  between  The  Smith  Granite 
Company,  a  corporation,  of  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  party  of  the 
lirst  part,  and  S.  W.  Hill,  25  Preston  Ave.,  Bellevue,  Pa.,  Charles 
H.  Worman,  1510  Diamond  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  F.  F.  Rohm, 
2033  Green  St.,  Harrisbiirg,  Pa.,  a  commission  called  The  Cul- 
peper,  Va.,  Monument  Commission  of  State  of  Pennsylvania, 
created  under  the  provisions  of  Act  of  Assembly  of  Pennsylv*ania, 
No.551,  approved  May  13th,  1909,  party  of  the  second  part. 

Witnesseth :  The  party  of  the  first  part  hereby  agrees  to  fur- 
nish deliver,  and  erect,  in  accordance  with  plans,  specifications, 
and  drawings  submitted  by  the  party  of  the  first  part,  and  ac- 
cepted by  the  party  of  the  second  part,  in  the  U.  S.  National 
Cemetery,  Culpepper,  Va.,  on  location  provided  by  party  of  the 
second  part,  a  granite  monument,  sample  submitted,  and  or- 
namented with  bronze  panels,  as  per  formula  required,  all  com- 
plete upoij  foundation  provided  by  party  of  the  first  part,  by 
September  1st,  1910. 

And  in  Consideration  of  the  faithful  performance  of  the  fore- 
going, the  said  party  of  the  second  part  hereby  agrees  to  pay  to 
the  party  of  the  first  part,  the  sum  of  Seven  Thousand  Dollars 
($7,000)  within  fifteen  days  after  completion  of  this  contract. 

THE  SMITH  GRANITE  COMPANY, 

W.  S.  Martin,  Secy. 
S.  W.  HILL, 

CHARLES   H.  WORMAN, 
■  F.  F.  ROHM, 

The  Culpeper  Virginia  Monument  Commission 
of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania. 


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SPECIFICATIONS. 


Specifications  for  the  Material  and  Workmanship  required  in  the 

erection  and  completion  of  a  Granite  Monument  in  the 

U.  S.  National  Cemetery,  Culpeper,  Va., 

on  site  to  be  designated  later. 


The  whole  to  be  erected  in  strict  accordance  with  blue  print 
elevation  drawn  to  f  inch  scale  and  water  color  perspective  here- 
with submitted,  and  all  work  to  be  done  in  such  manner  that  it 
will  not  in  any  way  conflict  with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
National  Cemetery. 

The  elevation,  water  color,  and  these  specifications  are  in- 
tended to  be  co-operative,  and  anything  shown  on  elevations  or 
water  color  and  not  mentioned  or  described  in  these  specifications 
is  to  be  performed.  Figures  on  elevations  govern  where  shown 
and  where  not  shown  all  details  shall  be  worked  out  according 
to  scale. 

The  elevation,  water  color,  and  specifications  are  intended  to 
and  do  call  for  a  first  class  piece  of  work  in  every  particular  and 
shall  be  so  interpreted  throughout. 

When  the  full  size  working  drawings  are  made,  they  shall  he 
worked  out  in  strict  accordance  with  the  scale  drawings. 


Excavation  and  Foundation. 

All  excavation  for  foundation  shall  be  made  in  accordance  with 
the  rules  and  ordinances  of  the  U.  S.  National  Cemetery,  and 
shall  be  to  a  depth  of  five  (5)  feet,  or  as  required  by  the  Super- 
intendent of  the  Cemetery. 

The  foundation  shall  be  built  of  1-3-5  concrete,  or  of  suitable 
size  building  stone  and  good  cement  mortar,  one  part  Portland 
cement  and  three  parts  good,  clean,  sharp  sand,  each  stone  to  be 
laid  solid  and  each  course  to  be  grouted  with  thin  cement.  If 
of  concrete,  to  be  thoroughly  mixed  and  well  rammed  down, 
proportions  of  cement,  sand  and  stone  as  per  the  regulations  of 
the  National  Cemetery,  of  Culpeper,  Va.  The  foundation  shall 
be  13  feet  square  on  top,  and  shall  taper  from  15  feet  square  at 
bottom  and  be  brought  to  a  proper  level  to  receive  the  bottom 
base  of  the  monument. 


10  Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper. 


Granite  Work. 

The  monument  is  to  consist  of  seventeen  (17)  pieces,  con- 
structed in  courses  or  sections  as  clearly  shown  by  elevations 
and  perspective  drawings,  of  Pink  Veined  Westerly  Granite,  as 
per  sample  submitted  with  this  proposal ;  the  bottom  base  to  con- 
sist of  four  (4)  pieces,  all  exposed  surfaces  to  be  fine  hammered. 
The  inside  lines  of  the  sloping  wash  on  the  top  will  be  brought  to 
a  proper  size  to  receive  the  first  course  of  the  main  shaft. 

The  shaft  of  this  monument  will  be  finished  in  what  is  known 
as  rock  faced  work ;  all  beds  and  joints  shall  be  full  and  out  of 
wind  and  have  good  bearings  on  four  sides. 

The  shaft  shall  taper  in  good  proportion  to  the  top,  where  it 
will  be  surnnounted  by  a  five  foot  Pink  Westerly  Granite  polished 
ball. 

All  the  granite  work  shall  be  set  in  Stainless  Portland  Cement 
or  its  equal,  and  shall  be  well  clamped  together  with  bronze 
clamps. 

The  ball  will  be  held  in  place  by  granite  tenon  set  into  the  stone 
upon  which  it  rests,  and  securely  fastened  by  the  use  of  stainless 
cement. 

The  first  course  above  the  bottom  base  will  bear  on  its  face 
a  bronze  coat  of  arms  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania.  On  the 
four  faces  of  the  structure,  in  positions  shown  by  elevation  and 
water  color,  will  be  fastened  bronze  panels  in  shape  of  the  key- 
stone to  receive  such  lettering  in  raised  letters,  as  will  be  required 
by  the  commission.  All  the  tablets  to  be  neatly  countersunk  on 
the  stone  and  then  secured  by  proper  expansion  screw  bolts. 
The  composition  of  these  panels  will  be  the  U.  S.  standard  of 
90%  copper,  5%  tin,  and  5%  zinc. 

Arbitration. 

Should  any  disagreement  or  difference  of  opinion  arise  as  to 
the  meaning  of  any  of  the  terms  of  this  agreement  or  the  carry- 
ing out  of  the  specifications  in  the  erection  of  this  monument,  it 
is  hereby  mutually  agreed  that  the  matter  at  issue  shall  be  re- 
ferred to  a  Board  of  Arbitration,  constituted  by  each  party  here- 
to choosing  a  disinterested  party,  these  two  arbitrators  to  select 
a  third  party  in  case  they  cannot  agree. 

The  judgment  of  a  majority  of  such  Board  of  Arbitration  to 
be  rendered  without  delay  and  be  binding  on  both  parties. 

In  General. 

The  work  when  completed  at  the  quarries  shall  be  carefully 
boxed  to  prevent  breakage  in  shipping  and  handling,  and  the 
monument  is  to  be  erected  in  charge  of  a  competent  setter. 


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Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper,  17 

After  the  work  has  been  set,  it  shall  be  properly  jointed  up 
with  a  bead  jointer,  thoroughly  washed  down,  and  left  in  perfect 
condition.  All  rubbish  shall  be  removed  from  the  site  and  taken 
to  a  proper  place  of  deposit  and  the  lot  left  in  good  condition  and 
sodded  in  places  where  necessary  to  leave  it  in  as  good  shape  as 
found. 

This  monument  can  be  completed  in  National  Cemetery  at  Cul- 
peper by  September  1st,  1910. 

The  structure  when  completed  will  be  thirteen  (13)  feet  square 
on  the  ground  and  stand  twenty-eight  (28)  feet  six  (6)  inches 
high  over  all,  and  will  cost  complete,  in  accordance  with  speci- 
fications, plans  and  requirements  of  Commission  Seven  Thou- 
sand Dollars  ($7,000.00). 

Corrections  made  on  page  two  before  signing. 

THE  SMITH  GRANITE  COMPANY, 

W.  S.  Martin,  Secy. 
S.  W.  HILL, 

CHARLES  H.  WORM  AN, 
F.  F.  ROHM, 

The  Culpeper  Virginia,  Monument  Commission, 
of  State  of  Pennsylvania. 


18  Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper. 


DESCRIPTION  OF  THE   CULPEPER, 
VIRGINIA.   MONUMENT. 

THE  monument  erected  in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Culpeper, 
Va.,  by  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  in  memory  of  the  soldiers 
who  lie  buried  there  in  known  and  unknown  graves,  is  com- 
posed of  seventeen  pieces  of  Westerly  Granite,  the  total  height  is 
twenty-eight  feet,  six  inches,  its  weight  is  321,200  pounds. 

It  is  built  in  pyramidal  form,  thirteen  feet  square  at  the  base, 
diminishing  to  four  feet  at  the  top  of  the  shaft,  surmounted  by 
a  polished  ball  on  the  apex  five  feet  in  diameter,  this  in  turn  rests 
upon  a  cradle  with  a  solid  eight  inch  tenon  set  in  concrete.  The 
base  has  cut  faces  bushed  up  with  hammer,  the  various  courses  of 
stone  between  the  top  of  the  base  to  the  top  of  the  cradle  is  rock 
faced  with  marginal  drafts  up  the  corners.  Great  care  was 
exercised  in  having  a  uniform  projection  of  the  rock  face  re- 
ferred to. 

The  shaft  is  built  of  pink  veined  Westerly  Granite,  the  polished 
ball  is  of  the  same  granite.  On  each  of  the  four  sides  there  is 
a  bronze  keystone  in  the  form  of  a  raised  panel  6-4  by  6-9  over 
all,  the  aggregate  weight  of  the  four  being  3,200  pounds.  Above 
the  base  on  the  South  face  of  the  shaft  there  is  also  a  bronze 
panel,  customary  with  Pennsylvania  monuments,  containing  the 
Coat  of  Arms  of  Pennsylvania.  The  South  side  panel  contains 
the  dedication  to  the  memory  of  the  Pennsylvania  soldiers  who 
are  buried  there,  the  North  panel  the  inscription  of  the  Act  of 
Assembly  under  which  the  Commission  which  was  in  charge  of 
the  erection  of  the  monument  was  created.  The  West  side  panel 
contains  the  names,  companies  and  regiments  and  grave  number 
of  the  soldiers  who  are  interred  in  the  cemetery,  the  East  side 
panel  has  the  engagements  and  skirmishes  in  and  around  the 
vicinity  within  ten  miles  of  Culpeper,  between  the  Rappahannock 
and  the  Rapidan. 

The  foundation  of  solid  concrete,  13  feet  square,  5  feet  deep, 
as  approved  by  the  Quarter  Master  General,  U.  S.  A.,  was  put 
in  place  October,  1911,  by  Mr.  J.  Gordon  Thomas,  of  Culpeper, 
Va.     As  the  monument  was  not  erected  until  early  Spring  of 


TABLET  NO.  1.  SOUTH  FACE. 


PENNSYLVANIA 

REMEMBERS  WITH  SOLEMN  PRIDE 

HER  HEROIC  SONS 

WHO  HERB  REPOSE  IN 

KNOWN  AND  UNKNOWN  GRAVES. 

MAY  THEIR  SACRIFICES  BE 


AN  INSPIRATION  TO  THE  PEOPLE 
AND  PROMOTE  CIVIC  VIRTUE,  LOVE  of 

LIBERTY,  PEACE,  PROSPERITY 
lAND  HAPPINESS  IN  ALL  THE  STATES. 
"DULCE  ET  DECORUM  EST 
PRO  PATRIA  MORI . " 


Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper.  19 

1912,  the  concrete  foundation  \yas  thoroughly  set  before  any 
weight  was  placed  on  it. 

The  monument  is  of  imposing  appearance  and  attracts  general 
attention  not  only  on  account  of  its  massiveness,  but  on  account 
of  its  beautifuUproportions.  The  bronze  tablets  referred  to  are 
splendid  specimens  of  the  bronze  founder's  art,  and  were  very 
much  admired  by  all  present  at  the  dedication.  The  beautiful 
contrasts  of  color  of  the  bronze  tablets  on  the  pink  background 
of  the  Westerly  Granite  and  the  tint  of  the  polished  Granite  ball 
in  the  lovely  evergreen  foliage  of  the  Cemetery  cannot  be  ade- 
quately described. 

The  material  was  furnished  and  erected  by  the  Smith  Granite 
Cjompany,  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  under  the  contract  awarded 
by  the  Commission. 


20 


Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper. 


TABLET  NO.  2.    WEST  FACE. 


In  Memory 

of 

Pennsylvania  Soldiers  Interred  in  this  Cemetery. 


99 
342 

16 
162 

59 
SO? 
402 
254 
369 
4(M 
108 
5 
1369 
351 

21 
370 

22 

79 
340 
207 
421 

95 
114 
176 
102 
149 
391 
1375 
175 
2S6 
338 
350 
330 

37 

6 

150 

31 
273 
124 

23 

40 
174 
336 

93 
127 

15 
214 
212 
390 

69 

27 
177 


Adams,  Franklin  J., 
Aldenderfer,    .Tames, 

Allison,    Joseph,     

Arter,    Franklin,    

Bain,    Joshua 

Hates,    Marvin,    

Bear,    Jacob 

Benning,   Edward  J., 

Brady,    John 

Buckwalter,  Keuben, 
Carmichael,    Joseph, 

Carroll,    George,     

Cassell,    David    B., 
Claypoole,    Levi,    — 
Cleaver,   Thomas  M., 

Coldron,     Jacob 

Crane,    Horace,     

Dager,  William 

Dart,    Alfred 

Deneen,   Henry  S.,    .. 

Dingier,    George,    

Podds,  John  C,    

Dougherty,    Michael. 
Downing,    .Tohn   M., 
Dunmire,    William,     . 
Durbow,    Walter  J., 

Dutton,  Adam,   

Fields,    Albert    B.,     . 

Fink,    Emanuel,    

Oeddis,   William 

Halliworth.  Henry, 
Heffleflnger,    John,    . . 

Hoch,   Thomas 

Hone,    John,    

Hoyt,   Samuel  B.,    ... 
Johnson,    Strausburg. 
Kauffman,   John  W., 
Kenney,    John   F.,    .. 

Kouk,    John,     

Lacey ,    Joseph,    

Lash,    Joshua 

La.vton,  George  C,  .. 
rx)ngshore,    James,    . . 

Loucks,    John,    

Lucas,    James 

McBride,   Robert 

McCall,  Hugh 

McCarroll,  William, 
McCullongh,  Michael, 
McDonald,    Abner  N., 

McElrov,    John 

McFeters,    J.   S 

Maxwell.  Adam  P. ,   . . 


Private, . . 
Private, . . 
Private,.. 
Private, . . 
Private,. . 
Private,.. 
Private, . . 
Private,.. 
Private, . . 
Private... 
Private, . . 
Private, . . 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private, . . 
Private,.. 
Saddler,.. 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private, . . 
Private,.. 
Corporal. 
Corporal, 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Sergeant, 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private,. . 
Private, . . 
Private,.. 
Private, . . 
Private, . . 
Private,.. 
Private, . . 
Corporal, 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private, . . 
Private, . . 
Corporal, 
Private,.. 
Private,.. 
Private, . . 


Company. 


63d  Infantry,  .. 
145th  Infantry, 
138th  Infantry, 
46th    Infantry,. 

9th   Pa.   Kes.,    . 

16th  Cavalry,  .. 
148th    Infantry, 

D,  61st  Infantry,    . 

A,  20th  Cavalry,  .. 
K,    105th    Infantry, 

E,  26th  Infantry,  . 
H,  87th  Infantry,    . 

B,  81st  Infantry,    . 

B,  63rd  Infantry,    . 

A,  1st  Cavalry,    .. . 

C,  17th  Cavalry,   ... 

D,  16th  Cavalry,  .. 
H,  6th  Cavalry,   ... 

E,  145th   Infantry,. 

B,  148th  Infantry,. 
B,  51st  Infantry,  . 
B,  139th  Infantry,. 
K,  140th  Infantry,. 
I,  143rd  Infantry,. 
B,   139th  Infantry,. 

E,  109th  Infantry,. 
L,  16th  Cavalry,  . 
I,    2nd   Cavalry,    .. 

D,  143rd    Infantry, 

F,  46th  Infantry,  . 
F,   145th  Infantry, . 

F.  63rd  Infantry,  . 
H,  17th  Cavalry,    .. 

G,  16th  Cavalry,  .. 
G,   67th  Infantry,    . 

E,  90th  Infantry,    . 

F,  17th  Cavalry,    .. 

A,  6th  Cavalry.  .. 
I,  143rd  Infantry,. 
L,  1st  Cavalry,    ... 

F,  18th  Cavalry,    .. 

G,  149th  Infantry,. 
D,  6th  Cavalry,  .. 
K,  93rd  Infantry,. 
F,  .56th  Infantry,  . 
F,   63rd  Infantry,    . 

B,  69th  Infantry,    . 

B,  18th  Cavalry,  .. 
D,    4th  Cavalry,    .. 

C,  1st  Cavalry,  .. 
F,  87th  Infantry,    . 

D,  13th  Cavalry,  .. 
H,  149th  Infantry,. 


Dateof  Death. 


Nov. 

April 

Jan. 

Aug. 

Oct. 

Sept. 

Mar. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Mar. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

July 

Jan. 

Mar. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Aug. 

Jan. 

April 

Nov. 

April 

Mar. 

April 

April 

Aug. 

June 

Nov. 

Mar. 

Aug. 

Jan. 

Dec. 

June 

April 

Dec. 

Jan. 

Feb. 

Aug. 

April 
I  Dec. 

Dec. 

Mar. 

Tune 
!  April 
j  Mar. 

April 

April 

April 

June 

Aug. 

Feb. 

Dec. 

Feb. 


1863 
1864 
1864, 
1862 
1863 
1863 
1864 
1863 
1864 
1864 
1863 
1863 
1895 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1863 
1863 
1864 
1864 
1862 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1862 
1864 
1903 
1864 
1862 
1864 
1863 
1864 
1864 
1863 
1864 
1864 
1863 
1864 
1863 
1863 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1862 
1864 
1863 
1864 


TABLET  N(J.  3.  NORTH  FACE. 


ERECTED 

BY  THE 

COMMONWEALTH 

OP 

PENNSYLVANIA 

A.  D.  1910 

BY  AUTHORITY  OE 

.ACT  OP  ASSEMBLY 

NO.  551 

APPROVED 


MAY  13,  1909 


Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper. 


21 


412 
110 
139 
296 

46 
253 
192 

24 
109 
208 
265 
266 
381 

8  < 
426 

19 

13 
186 

78 

39 
328 
259 
251 
241 
407 
295 
411 

92 

64 
222 
419 

89 
4 
183 
257 
167 
137 
1 
128 
210 
393 
117 
247 
160 
423 
287 


Name. 


Melwlg,    Philip 

Miller,   Lewis 

Miller.    Reuben   G 

Monteith,   Thomas 

Mowrey,  Henry,    

Nay  lor,    William    T., 

Xeiraan,   John  F.,   

Otto,   John  A 

Phelps,    Otis 

Polsgrove,   George  W., 

Porter,   Henry  N 

Porter,    William  A.,    .. 

Prettylief ,    Henry 

Prichard,  James 

Prince,    Albert   T.,     .., 

Reed,    David  A.,    

Rehm,    Fred'k,    

Rice,    William,    

Room,  Andrew  G 

Rushworth,    Isaac,    ... 

Selkirk,    William 

Shaffer,    William 

Sheets,    Thomas,    

Shives,  William,   

Smith,    Charles  R.,    .. 
Snyder,    William    O., 

Spotz,   Hiram  J.,    

Stanford,    John   W.,    . 
Stanton,   James  W.,    . 

Steiner,  Edward 

Thomas,   Thomas  J.,    . 
Tillston,   William  S., 
Vandergrift,    Horatio, 
Vansiekle,    John   W., 

Wagner,    George 

Warner,   Manley  B.,    . 

Watson,    James,    

Weaver,  John,    

Wilson,   William  E.,    . 

Wolf,    Henry,     

Wolf ord ,   Jacob,    

Woods,    John,    

Wurley,    Conrad 

Young,    Israel 

Zanders,    John  L.,    ... 
Zanner,    Erhardt 


Rank. 


Private, . . 

Private, . . , 

Cori)oral, 

Private, . . , 

Private,.. 

I'rivate,.. 

Private, . . 

Private, . . 

Teamster, 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private, . . 

Private,.. 

Private, . . 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private, . . 

Private, . . 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private, . . 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private, . . 

Private, . . 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private, . . 

Private, . . 

Private,.. 

Private, . . 

Private,.. 

Private,.. 

Private, . . 

Private, . . 

Private, . . 

I'rivate,.. 

Private,.. 


Company. 


G,  26th  Infantry,  . 
I,  140th  Infantry,  . 
G,  107th  Infantry,. 

B,  150th  Infantry,. 
P,  16th  Cavalry,    .. 

C,  49th  Infantry,  . 
A,  1st  Cavalry,  . . . 
L,  8th  Cavalry,  ... 
A,  16th  Cavalry,    .. 

D,  148th  Infantry,. 
H,  143rd  Infantry,. 
H,  143rd  Infantry,. 
G,  Sth  Cavalry,  ... 
I,  67th  Infantry,  . 
P,   2Sth  Infantry,    . 

F,  16th  Cavalry,  .. 
K,  87th  Infantry,   . 

G,  16th  Cavalry,  .. 
C,  114th  Infantry,. 
A,  3rd  Cavalry,  ... 

C,  Sth  Cavalry,    ... 

A,  61st  Infantry,  . 
I,  U9th  Infantry,. 
I,  93rd  Infantry,  . 
G,  Sth  Cavalry,   ... 

B,  149th  Infantry,. 
K,  20th  Cavalry,  .. 
K,  57th  Infantry,    . 

D,  17th  Cavalry,    .. 

A,  106th  Infantry,. 
P,  46th  Infantry,  . 
H,  139th  Infantry,. 

B,  67th  Infantry,    . 

E,  84th  Infantry,  . 
I.  61st  Infantry,  . 
H,  111th  Infantry,. 

F,  90th  Infantry,    . 

C,  S7th  Infantry,  . 
H,  56th  Infantry,  . 
B,   148th  Infantry,. 

G,  4th  Cavalry,  ... 
K,  148th  Infantry,. 
I,  61st  Infantry,  .. 
B,  121st  Infantry,. 
I,  11th  Infantry,  . 
A,  143rd  Infantry, . 


Date  of  Death. 


Sept. 

28, 

1863 

Ajjril 

5, 

1864 

Jan. 

4, 

1864 

Dec. 

18, 

1863 

Mar. 

20, 

1864 

Dec. 

15, 

1863 

Sept. 

13, 

1863 

Dec. 

7, 

1S63 

Dec. 

6. 

1863 

Dec. 

30, 

1863 

Jan. 

8. 

1863 

Jan. 

20, 

1863 

June 

11, 

1864 

Jan. 

29, 

1864 

Aug. 

9. 

1862 

April 

30, 

1864 

Mar. 

4, 

1864 

Oct. 

10, 

1863 

April 

6, 

1864 

Dec. 

21, 

1863 

June 

11  • 

1864 

Nov. 

22, 

186.'$ 

Jan. 

16, 

1864 

April 

18, 

1864 

June 

11, 

1864 

Dec. 

18, 

1863 

Dec. 

26, 

1864 

Mar. 

1, 

1864 

Feb. 

14, 

ISM 

Jan. 

15, 

1864 

Aug. 

9, 

1862 

April 

30, 

1864 

Dee. 

13, 

1863 

April 

1, 

1864 

Nov. 

11. 

1863 

Aug. 

15, 

1862 

Mar. 

24, 

1864 

Mar. 

8, 

1864 

April 

13, 

1864 

April 

16, 

1864 

June 

11, 

1864 

Mar. 

11. 

1864 

Jan. 

14, 

1864 

Jan. 

8, 

1864 

Aug. 

22, 

1862 

Dec. 

22 

1863 

22  Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper. 

TABLET  NO.  4.     EAST  FACE. 


Battles,  Engagements  and  Skirmishes 

near  Culpeper,  Virginia, 

Participated  in  by  Pennsylvania  Troops. 


Aug.     8,  1862.     Slaughter's  House. 

Aug.     9,  1862.     Cedar  Mountain,   Slaughter's  Mountain  or  Cedar  Run. 
Aug.  20,  1862.     Brandy  Station  and  Rappahannock  Station. 
Aug.  21-23,  1862.     Kelly's    Ford,     Rappahannock     Station    and    Beverely 
Ford. 
Aug.  22,  1862.     Freeman's   Ford   and   Hazel   Run. 
Aug.  24,  1862.     White    Sulphur    Springs. 
Nov.     9,  1862.     Rappahannock   Station. 
Nov.  10,  1862.    Corbin's   Cross-Roads,    near  Amissville. 
March  17,  1863.     Kelly's   Ford. 
March  29,  1863.     Kelly's   Ford. 
April  29,  1863.     Kelly's  Ford. 
April  30,  1863.     Racoon    Ford. 
May   1,    1863.     Rapidan    Station. 

June  9,   1863.    Stevensburg,   Brandy   Station  and  Beverely  Ford. 
Aug.    1,    1863.    Brandy    Station. 
Aug.    4,    1863.    Brandy    Station. 
Aug.    5,    1863.    Muddy    Run. 
Aug.   9,   1863.   Welford's  Ford. 
Sept.   2,   1863.   Oak  Shade. 
Sept.   13,   1863.   Culpeper  Court  House. 
Sept.   13,   1863.   Brandy   Station. 
Sept.   13-14,   1863.   Rapidan  Station. 
Sept.  13-17,  1863.     Rappahannock  to  Rapidan. 
Sept.    14-16,    1863.    Racoon   Ford   and   Rapidan    Station. 
Oct.  1,  1863.  Culpeper  Court  House. 
Oct.    10,    1863.    Racoon   Ford. 
Oct.    10,    1863.    Morton's    Ford. 
Oct.    11,    1863.    Culpeper. 
Oct.    11,    1863.    Stevensburg. 
Oct.    11,    1863.    Brandy   Station. 
Oct.    12,    1863.    Jeffersonton. 
Oct.  12,  1863.  Brandy  Station. 
Nov.    7,    1863.    Rappahannock    Station. 
Nov.   7,   1863.   Kelly's  Ford. 
Nov.    8,    1863.    Stevensburg. 

Nov.   8,   1863.   Brandy  Station.  ^ 

Nov.   26-27,   1863.   Racoon  Ford. 


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DELAYS. 

After  the  signing  of  the  contract,  the  work  of  verifying  the 
names  of  the  Pennsylvania  soldiers  interred  in  the  Culpeper  Na- 
tional Cemetery,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  War  Department 
proved  very  tedious,  and  there  was  considerable  correspondence 
with  the  War  Department  as  to  the  other  inscriptions.  Until  the 
inscriptions  were  determined  the  four  tablets  could  not  be  cast. 
After  the  cast  was  prepared,  the  Quarter  Master  General  re- 
quired a  rubbing  impression  to  be  submitted  for  approval. 

The  contractor  refused  to  move  the  monument  from  Westerly, 
Rhode  Island,  until  the  four  bronze  tablets  were  fitted  in  place 
at  the  quarry. 

When  all  these  requirements  had  been  met,  the  contractor  be- 
gan in  December,  1911,  the  transportation  of  the  granite  and 
erection  of  the  monument  at  Culpeper.  The  winter  proved  so 
severe  that  the  work  on  the  erection  had  to  be  deferred  to  Spring 
of  1912. 


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The  Dedication. 


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AN  ACT 

Making  an  appropriation  to  defray  the  expenses  incident  to  the 
dedication  of  the  monument  now  being  erected,  under  the  pro- 
visions of  an  Act  of  Assembly,  approved  May  thirteenth,  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  nine,  in  the  National  Cemetery  at 
Culpeper,  Virginia,  to  the  memory  of  the  Pennsylvania  Sol- 
diers buried  therein. 

Whereas,  The  Auditor  General  ruled  that  the  money  appro- 
priated by  Act  of  Assembly  approved  May  thirteenth,  one  thou- 
sand nine  hundred  and  nine,  could  only  be  used  for  the  actual 
expenses  of  the  Commission  and  the  purchase  and  erection  of  the 
monument,  and  that  no  part  thereof  could  be  used  for  dedication 
expense ;  and. 

Whereas,  Said  monument  will  be  completed  in  the  near  future, 
therefore : 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted,  &c..  That  the  sum  of  twenty-five 
hundred  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  specifically  appropriated  to  the  Culpeper, 
Virginia,  Monument  Commission,  for  the  purpose  of  defraying 
the  expenses  incident  to  the  dedication,  on  its  completion,  of  the 
monument  now  being  erected  in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Cul- 
peper, Virginia,  to  the  memory  of  the  Pennsylvania  soldiers 
buried  therein. 

Approved — The  14th  day  of  June,  A.  D.,  1911. 

JOHN  K.  TENER. 


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Governor  John  K.  Tener,  Who  Dedicated  the  Monument. 


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PREPARATIONS  FOR  DEDICATION. 

When  our  Commission  visited  the  War  Department,  the  Quar- 
ter Master  General,  U.  S.  A.,  agreed  to  have  all  the  1,367  graves 
in  the  Culpeper  National  Cemetery  decorated  with  small  United 
States  flags  for  the  occasion  of  the  dedication ;  also  to  furnish 
four  large  Garrison  U.  S.  flags  for  veiling  the  four  faces  of  the 
monument  and  any  other  assistance  that  might  be  found  neces- 
sary. 

Mr.  C.  O.  Spence,  Cemetery  Clerk  in  the  office  volunteered  to 
go  to  the  Culpeper  Cemetery  to  supervise  the  veiling  of  the  monu- 
ment. This  he  did  so  handsomely  that  on  the  signal  being  given, 
Master  Charles  P.  Redick  was  able  to  draw  the  flags  from  the 
four  faces  of  the  monument  simultaneously  and  smoothly — the 
flags  of  the  South  and  West  front  moving  on  a  line  to  the  South- 
west— the  flags  on  the  East  and  North  fronts  moving  in  a  line 
to  the  Northeast. 

Our  Commission  are  indebted  to  Captain  C.  F.  Humphreys, 
and  Major  Normoyle,  Mr.  C.  O.  Spence  and  Superintendents  of 
the  National  Cemetery,  Major  William  L.  Reppert  and  Lorenza 
V.  Dow  for  many  useful  and  friendly  courtesies. 


28  Pennsylvania  at  Cnlpeper. 

INVITATION. 


The  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth 

and  the 

Culpeper,  Va.,  Monument  Commission, 

of  Pennsylvania 

request  the  honor  of  your  presence 

on  Thursday,  October  seventeenth 

nineteen  hundred  and  twelve 

at  the 

Dedication  of  the  Monument 

erected  by  the 

State  of  Pennsylvania 

in  memory  of  the 

Pennsylvania  Soldiers  of  the  Civil  War 

Interred  in  the  National  Cemetery 

at  Culpeper,  Va. 

John  K.  Tener, 

Governor. 
Pennsylvania  Commission : 

S.  W.  HILL  CHAS.  H.  WORMAN  F.  F.  ROHM 


"O,  CARRY  ME  BACK  TO  OLD  VIRGINIA." 

HIS  Excellency,  Governor  John  K.  Tener,  having  designated 
October  17th  as  the  day  on  which  he  would  dedicate  the 
monument  erected  in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Culpeper, 
Va.,  to  the  memory  of  the  Pennsylvania  soldiers  who  lie  buried 
there  in  known  and  unknown  graves,  the  commission  arranged 
with  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  to  have  a  special  train 
ready  at  Harrisburg  on  the  evening  of  the  16th,  so  that  the 
Governor,  his  staff,  and  the  invited  guests  could  be  transported 
to  Culpeper.  The  assembled  guests,  after  all  being  comfortably 
provided  for,  left  at  12.05  a.  m.  and  arrived  safely  in  Washing- 
ton about  seven  o'clock  that  morning.  As  soon  as  the  train  ar- 
rived in  Washington  two  dining  cars  of  the  Southern  Railway 
Company  were  attached,  the  train  immediately  leaving  for  the 
South. 


Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper.  29 

The  morning  was  extremely  cold,  and  heavy  fog  hung  over 
the  Potomac,  but  just  as  we  sat  down  to  breakfast,  while  crossing 
the  river,  the  sun  came  out  in  all  her  glory,  dispelled  the  heavy 
atmosphere  and  revealed  to  us  a  beautiful  day. 

How  different  it  is  today  to  the  veterans  in  the  party  com- 
pared with  fifty  years  ago,  when  they  crossed  that  same  river  in 
the  cold  raw  winter-time  on  their  way  to  Fredericksburg.  To- 
day they  are  sitting  at  a  bountiful  board  and  enjoying  the  best 
viands  the  season  can  afford ;  a  half  century  ago  they  entered 
what  was  then  a  land  of  strife  and  devastation  with  hostile  pur- 
pose ;  now  they  come  bearing  love  and  good  will  for  their  former 
adversaries.  Today,  everything  is  changed ;  and  Old  Father 
Time  with  a  wave  of  his  magic  wand  has  wiped  away  every  tear 
and  banished  every  sorrow  engendered  by  a  bitter  Civil  War. 
As  we  speed  on  we  are  all  surprised  by  the  changes  that  have 
occurred  during  half  a  century.  Manassas  Junction  as  we  knew 
it  then,  containing  a  few  tracks  with  a  box-car  for  a  station,  is 
now  a  thriving  town  with  all  the  conveniences  of  a  city,  and  what 
recollections  are  awakened  when  we  pass  Bristow  Station,  War- 
renton  Junction,  now  Calverton,  Cattlet  Station,  Bealeton,  dear 
old  Bealeton,  the  place  we  always  turned  up  at  whenever  there 
was  no  place  else  to  go  in  '63,  Rappahannock  Station,  upon  our 
first  acquaintance  a  barren  waste,  now  the  enterprising  town  of 
Remington.  Who  does  not  remember  that  sharp  engagement  in 
the  fall  of  '63,  when  Russel's  Division  of  the  Sixth  Corps  met 
and  eliminated  Hay's  Louisiana  Brigade  from  the  rolls  of  the 
army  of  Northern  Virginia.  But  peace  has  her  victories  more 
lasting  than  war,  instead  of  a  downtrodden,  war-ridden  country 
covered  with  debris  and  wreckage  of  bivouacs  and  camps,  you 
now  behold  fields  of  clover,  shocks  of  white  corn,  vast  expanses 
of  agricultural  and  dairy  farms. 

Today  we  cross  the  Rappahannock  in  splendid  steel  cars ;  fifty 
years  ago  we  went  back  and  forth  as  best  as  we  could,  always 
fighting  for  the  right  of  way.  Ahead  of  us  are  the  Plains  of 
Brandy  Station,  or  Fleetwood,  where  the  memorable  cavalry 
battle  between  General  D.  McM.  Gregg  and  General  J.  E.  B. 
Stuart  took  place  in  June,  1863.  Everything  lies  peacefully  be- 
fore us,  and  only  those  who  were  present  can  realize  that  one  of 
the  greatest  cavalry  battles  of  the  war,  was  fought  here,  a  battle 


30  Pennsylvania  at  Gulpeper. 

so  fierce  that  friends  and  foes  knew  not  whom  they  fought  or 
behind  which  banner  they  charged.  This  was  the  beginning  of 
the  Gettysburg  Campaign  which  ended  not  far  from  here  across 
the  Rapidan  at  Mine  Run,  and  sent  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  into 
winter  quarters  in  and  around  Culpeper. 

We  have  now  reached  our  destination,  the  old  colonial  town  of 
Culpeper,  in  wartime  called  "Culpeper  Court  House."  The  town 
folk  have  extended  the  hand  of  hospitality  and  have  opened  their 
portals  for  their  Northern  brothers ;  the  town  is  bedecked  like  a 
bride  in  the  National  colors,  intermingled  with  flags  of  the  Con- 
federacy, sentimental  reminders  of  their  lost  cause.  The  Con- 
federate veterans  under  the  leadership  of  the  kindly  and  genial 
Virginian,  Major  H.  C.  Burrows  are  out  in  good  numbers.  Gov- 
ernor Tener  was,  the  center  for  all  eyes,  and  with  his  imposing 
figure  represented  with  dignity  the  great  Commonwealth  of  Penn- 
sylvania. 

Those  who  desired  were  escorted  about  the  town  by  a  com- 
mittee on  arrangements  and  shown  its  beautiful  surroundings. 

At  two  o'clock  the  ceremonies  commenced,  and  were  carried 
through  according  to  the  program,  the  cemetery  presenting  a 
splendid  appearance  with  every  grave  decorated  with  a  small 
American  flag.  We  were  extremely  sorry  that  Governor  Mann 
could  stay  but  a  short  time  as  an  engagement  in  Boston  com- 
pelled his  early  departure.  His  secretary,  Mr.  Ben  Owen,  Jr., 
worthily  filled  his  place. 

At  5.20  p.  m.,  after  the  ceremonies  were  over,  we  bade  goodbye 
to  the  good  old  town  and  its  inhabitants,  richer  in  one  more 
pleasant  experience,  with  our  kinsfolk  dwelling  South  of  the 
Mason-Dixon  line. 

The  Commission  tenders  its  thanks  to  the  citizens  of  Culpeper 
who  graced  our  exercises  with  their  presence,  to  the  committee 
on  arrangements,  to  Major  H.  C.  Burrows  and  the  A.  P.  Hill 
Camp  of  Confederate  Veterans  for  their  assistance,  to  the  Com- 
pany of  National  Guards  of  Virginia  commanded  by  Lieut.  Nel- 
son Wampler,  who  fired  three  salvos  at  the  end  of  the  ceremony 
and  whose  trumpeter  blew  "lights  out." 

Farewell,  Virginia,  where  we  spent  some  of  the  happiest  and 
some  of  the  saddest  days  of  our  youth. 

A  benison  on  you,  forever. 


Master  Charles  Parsclmll  Kedick,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  Who  Unveiled  the  Monument. 


Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper.  31 


PROGRAM. 


Exercises  at 

Dedication  of  the  Monument 

erected  by  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  in 

memory  of  the  Pennsylvania  Soldiers 

of  the  Civil  War  interred  in 

the  National  Cemetery, 

By 

Hon.  John  K.  Tener 

Governor  of  Pennsylvania 

At  Culpeper,  Virginia,  on  Thursday 

Afternoon,  October  Seventeenth 

Nineteen  Hundred  and  Twelve 

At  Two  O'clock. 


Pennsylvania  Commission : 
S.  W.  HILL  CHAS.  H.  WORMAN  F.  F.  ROHM 


"Recorded  honors  gather  'round  this  Monument,   and   thicken  over  it.     It 
is  a  solid  fabric  and  will  support  the  laurels  that  adorn  it." 

Assembly,     Bugler. 

Invocation,   Rev.  N.  H.  Holmes,  D.  D. 

Music,    "Tenting   on    the    Old    Camp   Ground," 

Mrs.   J.    Sharp  McDonald, 

Miss   Sylvia   Rosensteel, 

Accompanist. 

Address  of  Welcome,  Hon.  Ben  Owen,  Jr . , 

Secretary  to  the  Governor  of  Virginia. 

Address  of  Welcome  on  behalf  of  the  Citizens  of  Culpeper,    

J.  George  Hiden,  Esq. 

Response,    John    K.    Tener, 

Governor  of  Pennsylvania. 

Music, 

Address  and  Transfer  of  Monument  to  Governor  of  Pennsylvania,    

S.   W.   Hill,   Pres't  of  Commission. 
Unveiling  of  the  Monument,    Master  Charles  Parschall  Redick. 


32  Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper. 

Music,    "Star    Spangled    Banner," 

Mrs.  J.   Sharp  McDonald  and  Audience. 

Reception  of  Monument  and  Transfer  to  U .   S .   Governjient,    

Thomas  J.   Stewart,  Adjutant  General  of  Penna. 

Acceptance  on  behalf  of  the  United   States,    

Captain  C.  F.  Humphrey,  Jr.,  Q.  M.  Dep't  of  U.  S.  Army. 

Music,      America . 

Oration,     Hon.     Chas.     Howard    Kline, 

State  Senator  of  Pennsylvania. 

Music,    "God  Be  With  You  Till  We  Meet  Again." 

Benediction,     Rev.    N.    H.    Holmes,    D.    D. 

TAPS. 


Pennsylvania  at  Culpcpcr.  iili 

Invocation, Rev.  N.  11.  Holmes,  1).  D. 


"O  Thou,  by  whom  we  come  to  God, 
The  Life  the  Truth,  the  Way ; 
The  path  of  prayer  Thyself  hast  trod, 
Lord,  teach  us  how  to  pray." 

So  that  we  may  have  the  help  and  guidance  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
in  our  endeavor  to  worship  Thee,  O  Lord.  For  Thou  hast  been 
our  dwelling  place  in  all  generations.  Before  the  mountains  were 
brought  forth,  or  ever  Thou  hadst  formed  the  earth  and  the 
world,  even  from  everlasting  to  everlasting  Thou  art  God,  the 
God  of  our  fathers  and  our  God,  our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven. 

The  occasion  which  has  brought  us  hither  today  reminds  us 
of  God's  dealings  with  his  people  in  ancient  times,  when  he  led 
them  forth  into  the  land  of  promise ;  gave  them  the  divine 
oracles,  our  Bible,  and  brought  forth  by  them.  His  only  begotten 
Son,  Our  Savior,  who  lived,  suffered  and  died  to  make  men  holy. 
So  also  our  comrades  who  sleep  here  and  the  hundred  of  thou- 
sands who  sleep  elsewhere,  lived,  suffered  and  died  to  make  men 
free. 

For  Thou,  Almighty  God,  who  changeth  not  didst  also  guide 
our  fathers  across  the  stormy  ocean,  and  by  Thy  providence,  di- 
rected their  places  of  settlement,  drew  them  together,  into  one 
people,  inspired  them  to  write  the  immortal  Declaration,  and  by 
some  one  yet  unknown  to  history,  gave  them  our  Glorious  Banner 
with  its  holy  message  of  man's  right  to  Life,  Liberty  and  the  pur- 
suit of  Happiness,  shining  forth  from  its  every  star  and  stripe. 

And  now,  O  Lord  God  of  Hosts,  Heaven  and  Earth  are  full 
of  Thy  Glory,  Glory  be  to  Thee,  O  Lord  most  High.  For  by 
Thy  providence  and  our  comrades'  valor.  Thou  hast  united  us 
again,  one  country,  and  one  flag,  by  God's  blessing,  the' mightiest 
agency  in  the  world  for  the  uplift  of  mankind. 

And  now  Our  Father  in  heaven,  we  thank  Thee  for  the  sun 
which  has  been  shining  upon  us  all  the  way  hither,  for  the  very 
kindly  greetings  extended  toward  us  all  by  the  people  of  Cul- 
peper  and  vicinity,  as  also  by  the  worthy  Governor  of  the  great 
State  of  Virginia,  and  for  the  many  of  the  surrounding  country 

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34  Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper. 

assembled  with  us  here  and  by  their  presence  giving  emphasis 
to  our  endeavor  to  pay  honor  to  whom  honor  is  due. 

In  conchision,  we  devoutly  pray  for  Thy  blessing  to  rest  upon 
the  great  State  of  Pennsylvania,  her  worthy  son,  his  Excellency, 
the  Governor,  and  all  that  are  associated  with  him  in  their  dedi- 
catory services.  Grant,  we  pray  Thee,  all  needed  wisdom  to 
those  who  shall  speak  to  us.  Give  them  thoughts  that  breathe 
and  words  that  burn  into  our  hearts  and  abiding  unselfish  devo- 
tion to  our  glorious  country  and  our  precious  flag. 

Grant  us,  O  Lord,  that  as  future  generations  shall  gaze  upon 
this  beautiful  monument,  about  to  be  dedicated,  and  others  like 
it,  scattered  over  the  land  or  among  the  silent  graves  of  their 
heroic  Sires,  they  may  be  moved  to  vow  and  vow  again,  that 
they  too,  when  need  be,  will  prove  faithful  unto  death  to  country 
and  flag.     For  then  will 

"Our  banner  float  forever 
And  its  lustrous  stars  pale  never. 
Till  the  stars  shall  pale  on  High." 

And  to  God  the  Father,  and  the  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost  be  all 
praise,  now  and  forever.     Amen. 


ADDRESS  OF  WELCOME  ON  BEHALF  OF  CITIZENS  OF 

CULPEPER. 


J.    George  Hiden,   Esq. 


GOVERNOR  TENER,  Gentlemen  of  Pennsylvania,  Confeder- 
ate Veterans,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen :  The  States  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  Virginia  have  much  in  common.  They  are  the 
daughters  of  the  same  mother.  Virginia  was  settled  in  1607 
by  the  English  Cavaliers,  and  Pennsylvania  was  colonized  a  few 
years  later  by  William  Penn  and  the  English  Quakers.  The 
same  blood  flows  through  the  veins  of  the  people  of  these  two 
states.  But  one  state  separates  us,  and  before  the  formation  of 
the  State  of  West  Virginia ;  Virginia  adjoined  Pennsylvania. 

Through  the  trials  of  the  colonies  the  men  of  Virginia  and  the 
men  of  Pennsylvania  stood  together  as  brothers.     They  fought 


Pennsylvania  at  Gulpeper.  35 

the  Indian  and  French  Wars  together;  they  stood  together  for 
the  independence  of  the  Colonies,  and  as  brothers  they  fought 
the  War  of  the  Revolution  and  the  soil  of  Pennsylvania  was 
watered  with  the  blood  of  Virginia's  sons  long  before  the  war 
between  the  States.  We  cannot  forget  that  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  was  written  at  Pennsylvania  by  a  son  of  Virginia ; 
we  cannot  forget  that  it  was  at  Philadelphia  that  the  independ- 
ence of  the  Colonies  was  first  proclaimed ;  and  we  cannot  forget 
that  the  Liberty  Bell  was  tolled  by  a  son  of  Pennsylvania. 

The  question  of  secession  and  slavery  arose  and  the  war  be- 
tween the  States  commenced.  Virginia  believed  in  secession  and 
slavery,  and  Pennsylvania  believed  in  the  union  of  the  States 
and  was  anti-slavery.  Pennsylvania  went  with  the  Northern 
States  and  Virginia  gave  her  allegiance  to  the  Southern  cause. 
The  men  of  both  states  were  equally  honest,  upright,  and  con- 
scientious in  their  convictions,  and  the  men  of  both  states  were 
equally  as  firmly  convinced  that  the  principles  for  which  they 
fought  were  right. 

That  war  brought  forward  on  both  sides  some  of  the  bravest 
and  noblest  men  the  world  has  ever  seen,  and  developed  some  of 
the  greatest  characters.  The  greatest  character  developed  on 
the  Southern  side  was  Robert  Edward  Lee.  There  was  for  many 
years  at  Lexington,  Virginia,  an  old  body  servant  of  General 
Lee's,  who  spent  his  last  years  in  taking  care  of  the  grave  of 
General  Lee,  and  who  was  always  ready  and  never  got  tired  of 
talking  of  his  old  master.  He  said  that  on  one  occasion  during 
the  war,  he  happened  to  come  across  a  courier  getting  his  horse 
ready  to  go  forward  with  some  dispatch,  and  this  courier  was 
cursing  everything  and  everybody.  The  old  negro  stopped  and 
said,  "Great  Lord,  man,  what's  the  matter  with  you,  what  are 
you  "cussing"  so  about?"  The  courier  said,  "General  Lee  has 
just  given  me  this  dispatch  and  told  me  to  take  it  forty  miles 
from  here  and  it  is  snowing  and  hailing,  the  roads  are  impassible, 
the  waters  are  all  up  and  I  can  never  make  it ;  and  I  don't  know 
what  General  Lee  is  thinking  about  anyway  to  send  a  man  out 
on  such  a  night  as  this  under  such  circumstances."  Then  the  old 
negro  lost  his  patience  and  said,  "Of  course,  you  don't  know 
what  General  Lee  is  thinking  about,  let  me  tell  you,  man,  if  one 
of  General  Lee's  ideas  should  accidently  happen  to  get  into  that 


36  Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper. 

little  old  head  of  "yourn"  it  would  bust  it  wide  open."  Lee  was 
great  to  his  body  servant,  he  was  great  to  the  men  in  the  ranks, 
his  captains  said  he  was  great,  his  generals  knew  he  was  great ; 
and  today  the  world  recognizes  that  he  was  great.  The  greatest 
character  developed  on  the  Northern  side  was  U.  S.  Grant.  His 
soldiers  said  he  was  great,  his  captains  and  his  generals  said  he 
was  great ;  and  today  the  world  recognizes  that  he  was  great. 
He  was  brave,  he  was  wise,  he  was  noble,  he  was  magnanimous. 
And  I  am  here  to  tell  you  that  when  Lee  and  Grant  clasped 
hands  at  Appomattox,  there  stood  two  of  the  greatest  characters, 
two  of  the  greatest  commanders,  two  of  the  greatest  generals  the 
world  has  ever  produced ;  and  all  history  cannot  show  two 
grander  armies  than  the  two  armies  that  stood  behind  these  men. 
There  were  never  men  more  devoted  to  principle,  more  courage- 
ous, more  noble,  more  brave  and  more  devoted  to  duty  and  their 
country  than  the  men  who  composed  these  armies. 

The  war  is  over ;  nearly  fifty  years  have  elapsed  since  that 
conflict  closed.  The  past  is  gone  beyond  recall;  and  the  future 
is  ours.  We  are  glad  again  to  stand  with  the  men  of  Pennsyl- 
vania as  brothers.  We  know  no  North,  no  South,  no  East,  no 
West.  Your  Union  is  now  our- Union.  Your  country  is  our 
country.  In  the  Spanish-x'Vmerican  War  the  men  of  Pennsyl- 
vania and  the  men  of  Virginia  again  fought  together  as  of  old, 
and  the  first  blood  shed  in  that  war  was  Southern  blood.  We 
need  you  men  of  Pennsylvania  and  you  need  us.  This  Republic 
was  not  founded  by  the  fathers  to  last  fifty  years  or  a  century, 
but  for  all  time.  We  are  as  yet  but  an  experiment.  The  eyes  of 
the  world  are  upon  us,  and  it  is  for  us,  the  men  of  Pennsylvania 
and  the  men  of  Virginia,  and  all  true  men  to  see  that  this  Repub- 
lic adheres  to  the  same  high  ideals,  and  is  preserved  for  the  same 
purposes  which  our  forefathers  established  it.  Jefiferson  said,  "I 
want  to  establish  a  republic  where  every  kind  of  tyranny  will  be 
forever  banished  from  the  minds  of  men,  I  want  a  republic  where 
all  men  will  be  equal  before  the  law."  And  we  want  to  keep  this 
country  so  free  from  all  kinds  of  manufactured  nobility  that  the 
son  of  the  poorest  man  in  all  the  state  can  feel  that  he  may  aspire 
to  the  highest  office.  And  in  these  days  of  great  wealth,  great 
combination  of  wealth,  great  enterprises  and  corrupt  practices  on 
the  part  of  many  of  the  people,  we  need  the  true  men  of  Penn- 


Pennsylvania  at  Gulpeper.  37 

sylvania  to  help  us  keep  the  ship  of  state  saiHng  along  the  lines 
the  fathers  intended,  we  need  them  to  keep  the  republic  true  to 
the  ideals  of  tlie  fathers,  and  to  preserve  it  as  it  was  preserved 
by  our  forefathers  and  hand  it  down  to  posterity  as  it  was  handed 
down  to  us  where  every  man  will  have  an  equal  chance,  and 
every  true  man  who  stands  with  us  for  this  is  our  brother,  every 
true  man  who  will  do  this  is  my  brother. 

We  ar^  glad  to  unite  with  you  men  of  Pennsylvania  in  dedicat- 
ing yon  beautiful  monument  to  your  brave  men  who  fell  on  Cul- 
peper's  soil  and  who  lie  buried  here.  We  are  glad  to  unite  with 
you  today  in  honoring  them.  The  beautiful  blue  of  our  moun- 
tains welcomes  you,  the  magnificent  scenery  of  our  country  wel- 
comes you,  and  azure  of  our  skies  welcomes  you,  our  hospitable 
homes  welcome  you,  and  thrice  are  you  welcome  to  Culpeper, 
men  of  Pennsylvania. 


ADDRESS. 

Governor   John   K.    Tener. 

MR.  Chairman,  Veterans  of  the  Blue  and  Gray,  Ladies  and 
Gentlemen:    We  are  gathered  here  today  to  perform  a 
solemn  duty,  to  designate  by  this  monument  the  resting 
place  of  our  dead,  and  to  dedicate  tliis  spot  to  the  memory  of 
Pennsylvania's  brave  sons  who  here  sacrificed  their  lives  for  a 
principle. 

We  come  not  in  the  spirit  of  a  half  century  ago,  when  you 
were  known  as  "Southerners"  and  we  of  Pennsylvania  as  "North- 
erners," with  all  the  significance  such  terms  of  sectional  distinc- 
tion implied,  but  rather  do  we  come  into  your  Commonwealth  as 
neighbors  upon  a  friendly  mission,  and  joining  you  make  a  com- 
pany of  Americans  all, — happy  now  that  we  live  a  united  people, 
serving  one  government  and  under  one  flag,  therefore,  let  us  not 
recite  our  losses  nor  our  victories,  but  in  a  spirit  of  fraternal 
tenderness  pay  the  tribute  of  our  State  to  her  steadfast  sons  who 
sleep  beneath  your  soil,  and  as  they  peacefully  rest,  pillowed  by 
a  Nation's  love,  we  will  ever  cherish  the  memory  of  their  splendid 
manhood.  They  were  soldiers  tried  and  true.  They  di^d  upon 
the  altar  of  their  countrv. 


38  Pennsylvania  at  Gulpeper. 

ADDRESS  AND  TRANSFER  OF  MONUMENT  TO  GOV- 
ERNOR OF  PENNSYLVANIA.  ^ 

General  S.   W.   Hill,   President  of  Commission. 

What  constitutes  a  State? 

Not  strong  fortresses — not  great  navies — not  opulent  cities, 
with  great  industries — these  are  but  the  properties  of  a  great 
people. 

Powerful  "dreadnoughts"  are  useless,  unless  manned  and 
operated  by  resolute,  courageous  and  skillful  men. 

A  people  intelligent,  industrious  and  courageous,  who  work 
for  God  and  fellow  men,  will  create  a  government  and  state — • 
founded  in  wisdom,  worth  living  for — worth  fighting  for. 

From  the  colonization  times — the  best  efforts  of  grand  states- 
men without  number,  who  feared  God  and  loved  their  fellow 
men,  had  been  devoted  to  the  work  of  creating  a  Government 
founded  in  righteousness,  to  promote  the  honor  and  welfare  of 
family  and  society. 

God  prospered  their  work  with  marvelous  results  that  won  the 
admiration  of  the  world.  For  such  a  nation,  men  were  willing 
to  fight — bleed— and  die  in  its  defense. 

Men  and  women  of  that  type  made  a  nation  great.  Of  this  type 
are  the  men  who  fill  the  lonely  graves  in  this  cemetery,  and  the 
confederate  cemetery  a  few  hundred  yards  distant. 

Virginia  and  Pennsylvania  were  full  of  people  of  such  noble 
type — pity  they  ever  clashed. 

The  paroles  given  at  Appomattox  by  the  Confederate  soldiers 
were  never  broken,  they  fought  gallantly  when  there  was  fight- 
ing to  do,  they  fought  gallantly  until  there  was  nothing  left  to 
fight  for;  and  then  they  recognized  duty  to  family  and  home. 
How  well,  how  successfully,  how  gallantly,  let  these  fertile  farms, 
well  stocked  fields,  prosperous  homes,  and  happy  families  attest, 
where  bloodshed  and  desolation  reigned  supreme. 

Peace  hath  its  victories  no  less  renowned  than  war. 

The  blood  of  the  Martyrs  is  the  seed  of  the  Church.  These 
victims  of  the  cruel  war,  the  men  who  lie  in  the  Confederate 
Cemetery,  these  1,367  men  from  the  Union  States  interred  in 
this  well  kept  National  Cemetery,  these  109  lads  from  Pennsyl- 
vania who  never  went  home,  whose  graves  we  know,  and  write 


Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper.  39 

upon  our  tablet,  these  912  unknown  graves  that  stir  our  hearts 
and  bring  unbidden  tears,  these  monuments,  these  cemeteries, 
are  and  will  continue  our  Nations  best  assets,  dearer  to  the  peo- 
ple, and  of  more  priceless  value  than  navies,  railroads,  commerce, 
palaces,  universities  or  what  else. 

These  lowly  mounds  are  God's  bow  of  promise  that  in  time  of 
danger  and  distress,  gallant  men  will  be  at  hand  to  protect  family 
and  home.  They  are  God's  promise  that  there  will  always  be 
champions  to  defend  the  truth,  uphold  our  flag,  and  maintain  our 
National  existence. 

President  Lincoln  well  expressed  this  in  his  Inaugural. 

"The  mystic  chords  of  memory  stretching  from  every  battle- 
field and  patriot  grave  to  every  living  heart  and  heartstone  all 
over  this  broad  land,  will  yet  swell  the  chorus  of  the  union,  when 
again  touched  as  surely  tliey  will  be  by  the  better  Angels  of  our 
natures." 

As  109  Pennsylvania  men  of  the  455  graves  whose  names  are 
known,  would  give  a  ratio  of  230  other  Pennsylvania  soldiers 
whose  graves  are  unknown.  These  1,367  dead  were  gathered 
from  the  numerous  battlefields  within  12  miles  of  Culpeper. 

They  hesitated  not  when  the  sacrifice  was  called,  we  have  lived 
to  see  the  blessed  fruition. 

'Tf  the  wind  that  sweeps  over  our  prairies, 
No  longer  is  solemn  with  knells. 
But  lovely  with  flowers  and  fairies, 
And  calm  with  sweet  Sabbath  bells, 
If  virtue  in  cottage  and  palace 
Leads  Love  to  the  Altar  of  pride 
'Tis  because  out  of  war's  bitter  chalice, 
Our  heroes  drank  deeply  and  died." 

The  109  names  of  Pennsylvania  have  been  verified  by  the 
records  of  the  War  Department  as  serving  in  Pennsylvania  or- 
ganizations, and  are  inscribed  on  the  West  tablet.  Our  commis- 
sion at  first  proposed  out  of  compliment  to  the  Town  of  Cul- 
peper, for  local  history,  to  record  on  this  monument  all  the 
battles  and  conflicts  that  occurred  within  12  miles  of  Culpeper. 

Under  the  directions  of  the  U.  S.  War  Department  we  made 
the  tablet  record  of  46  battles  in  this  territory  participated  in  by 
Pennsylvania  troops. 


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From  the  munificence  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  and  the 
wisdom  of  my  colleagues,  we  are  able  to  present  this  monument 
and  ask  you.  Sir,  to  dedicate  it,  so  that  it  shall  proclaim  to  count- 
less posterity  in  the  long  future  centuries  that 

"Pennsylvania 

remembers  with  solemn  pride 

her  heroic  sons 

.    who  here  repose  in 

known  and  unknown  graves. 

May  their  sacrifices  be 

an  inspiration  to  the  people 

and  promote  Civic  Virtue,  Love  of 

Liberty,  Peace,  Prosperity 

and  Happiness  in  all  the  States. 

"Dulce  et  Decorum  est 

Pro  Patria  Mori." 

Convulsions  of  nature  will  not  overturn  it ;  its  indestructible 
granite  and  enduring  bronze  will  resist  erosions  of  the  tooth  of 
time  for  many,  many  centuries. 

"Recorded  honors  gather  'round  this  monument,  and  thicken 
over  it.  It  is  a  solid  fabric  and  will  support  the  laurels  that 
adorn  it." 

Our  Commission  present  it  to  you  as  our  finished  work. 


RECEPTION  OF  MONUMENT  AND  TRANSFER  TO  U.  S. 
GOVERNMENT. 

Thomas  J.   Stewart,  Adjutant  General  of  Pennsylvania. 

1  APPRECIATE  the  lionor  thus  suddenly  thrust  upon  me  of 
participation  in  the  public  exercises  of  this  patriotic  occasion, 
but  find  myself  without  preparation  for  the  discharge  of  the 
duty  that  devolves  upon  me  in  transferring  to  the  United  States 
Government  this  memorial  erected  by  the  Commonwealth  of 
Pennsylvania,  in  tribute  to  her  heroic  sons  who  gave  their  lives 
for  the  unity  and  the  perpetuity  of  the  Republic. 

A  half  century  has  passed  since  the  tide  of  battle  ebbed ^and 
flowed  over  the  hills  and  fields  around  us,  and  it  is.  most  signi- 
ficant that  today  the  men  of  blue  and  grey — Confederate  and 


General  Thomas  J.  Stewart,  Adjutant  (leueral.  Who  Delivered  the  Mouument  to  the 

U.   S.   Government. 


Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper.  41 

Union  soldier — are  here  fraternizing  as  citizens  of  this  Republic, 
whose  life  was  the  stake  for  which  contending  armies  of  Ameri- 
can soldiers  fought  in  the  fateful  days  of  Civil  War. 

The  men  who  fought  here,  and  those  who  fought  on  other 
fields,  of  that  fateful  period,  by  deeds  of  valor  and  unmatched 
achievement,  gave  to  the  martial  history  of  the  World  glorious 
pages,  and  made  enduring  the  fame  of  the  American  volunteer 
soldier. 

It  is  most  assuring  of  our  country's  future,  to  find  that  the 
scars  of  that  great  conflict  are  smoothed  out,  the  bitterness  all 
gone,  and  today  "Yank"  and  "Johnny"  joining  in  equal  fervor 
and  sincerity  in  singing  the  Star  Spangled  Banner,  and  to  note 
that  the  sweet  and  tender  memories  of  the  days  now  long  gone 
bring  the  tears  to  the  cheek  of  each  alike. 

"Tenting  Tonight  On  the  Old  Camp  Ground,"  toihches  the 
heart  of  the  true  soldier,  regardless  of  the  uniform  he  wore,  and 
recalls  the  days  of  war,  with  all  the  sacrifice,  all  the  bereavement, 
all  the  young  and  promiseful  lives  that  went  out  in  the  budding. 

This  goodly  company  from  Pennsylvania  accompanying  the 
Chief  Executive,  and  made  up  in  great  part  of  the  men  of  Penn- 
sylvania who  hold  aloft  the  flag  of  the  Union,  and  the  flag  of 
their  State  in  the  fierce  engagements  around  about  this  place, 
have  journeyed  today  to  Virginia,  to  pay  their  tribute  of  grati- 
tude and  love  to  hero  dead.  They  have  placed  their  tribute  in 
enduring  form,  and  if  it  is  given  to  the  departed,  as  we  believe 
it  is,  to  visit  places  and  scenes  familiar,  surely  they  are  here  to- 
day in  spirit  form,  and  glad  to  know  that  they  are  not  forgotten. 

We  have  placed  our  tribute  where  they  fought,  and  in  this  city 
of  the  hero  dead  where  they  sleep,  and  looking  out  over  their 
graves  we  recall  the  beautiful  thoughts  of  the  soldier  poet  who 
wrote : 

"Oh  little  mounds  that  mean  so  much. 
We  compass  what  you  teach. 
And  our  worst  grossness  feels  the  touch 
Of  your  uplifting  speech. 
You  fill  us  wuth  the  thoughts  that  flow 
Like  Eucharistic  wine, 
And  by  our  holy  dead  we  krTow 
That  life  is  still  divine." 


42  Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper. 

Pennsylvania  is  within  the  gates  of  Virginia  today  on  a  pil- 
grimage of  Patriotism  and  of  peace  and  goodwill — not  always 
welcome  in  Virginia,  but  gloriously  welcome  to-day. 

Let  us  as  Americans  be  thankful  for  the  blessings  we  enjoy, 
be  grateful  for  the  safety  in  our  homes,  the  glory  in  our  flag, 
and  for  the  institutions  that  the  soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  Union 
saved  from  the  consuming  flame  of  war.  As  Americans,  let  our 
purpose,  our  eft'orts,  our  hopes,  be  for  the  growth  and  the  glory 
of  the  Republic,  and  let  us  fondly  hope  that  in  the  years  to  come, 
the  men  of  the  days  to  be  may  gather  here  to  rehearse  the  story, 
and  exult  as  we  do  now  in  the  continued  enjoyment  of  the  bless- 
ings and  the  institutions  established  by  the  fathers,  and  saved  by 
the  blood  and  sacrifice  of  their  sons.  May  this  day  and  the  cere- 
mony in  the  fulness  of  its  tri1)ute  to  the  devotion  and  valor  of 
the  American  soldier,  strengthen  the  bonds  of  unity  between  the 
people  of  Virginia  and  Pennsylvania,  and  keep  the  children  of 
the  future  as  brave  as  were  their  fathers,  and  may  this  monument 
so  grandly  eloquent  in  its  splendid  silence,  be  a  message  to  poster- 
ity that  will  keep  the  men  of  the  future  free  from  National  error 
and  make  them  defenders  of  the  flag  and  all  it  represents. 

And  now  in  the  presence  of  these  soldiers  living,  you  of  both 
armies,  we  dedicate  this  memorial  to  Pennsylvania's  heroic  sons. 
We  leave  it  in  Virginia,  confident  no  vandal  hand  will  mar  its 
beauty,  leave  it  in  the  care  of  the  Government,  whose  flag  the 
soldiers  buried  here  followed,  and  for  whose  perpetuity  they 
gave  their  lives. 

May  time  and  nature  deal  gently  with  it,  and  may  the  way- 
farer and  the  visitor  to  this  place  read  in  the  tablets  of  bronze 
the  story  and  the  assurance  that  Pennsylvania  forgets  not  her 
faithful  dead. 


ACCEPTANCE  ON  BEHALF  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

Captain  C.  F.  Humphrey,  Jr.,  Q.  M.  Dep't.  of  the  U.  S.  Army. 


A 


S  representative  of  the  United  States  on  this  occasion,  I  ac- 
cept the  monument  erected  by  Pennsylvania  to  her  heroic 
sons  who  here  repose  in  known  and  unknown  graves. 


Sen.itoi-  Charles  Howard  Kline,  Orator  of  the  Day, 


Pennsijlvania  at  Culpeper.  43 

ADDRESS. 

Hon.   Charles  Howard  Kline,   State  Senator  of  Pennsylvania. 

MR.  President,  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsyl- 
vania and  Staff,  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Vir- 
ginia and  Staff,  members  of  the  Commission  and  Ladies 
and  Gentlemen  :  We  are  assembled  here  this  day  to  pay  the  tribute 
of  our  respect  to  the  loyal  and  patriotic  sons  of  Pennsylvania 
who  fought  in  this  great  valley  between  the  Rapidan  and  Rappa- 
hannock and  who  died  on  the  field  of  battle  that  Liberty  might 
live  and  have  an  abiding  place  in  the  hearts  of  all  mankind. 

For  over  a  half  century  these  brave  and  heroic  sons  of  Penn- 
sylvania have  been  slumbering  in  known  and  unknown  graves  in 
this  consecrated  spot,  consecrated  by  their  own  life's  blood,  for 
they  laid  down  their  lives  as  a  willing  sacrifice  upon  the  altar  of 
Freedom. 

They  realized  that  they  were  the  heirs  of  those  brave  men  and 
women,  who  with  brave  and  chivalric  hands  carried  the  torch  of 
Independence  from  lands  far  across  the  seas,  of  those  who  rolled 
away  the  stone  from  the  sepulcher  where  crucified  and  entombed 
liberty  was  slumbering,  and  it  arose  in  all  its  might  and  strength 
to  give  courage  to  the  downtrodden  and  persecuted  of  this  fair 
land  of  ours.  Yes,  of  those  whom  the  Immortal  Lincoln  has 
said,  "brought  upon  this  Continent  a  new  nation  conceived  in 
liberty  and  dedicated  to  the  proposition  that  all  men  are  equal" ; 
but  let  me  add  cradled  in  education,  nurtured  upon  the  true  prin- 
ciples of  democracy  and  warmed  by  the  radiant  sunbeams  that 
emanates  from  Calvary's  Holy  Cross. 

They  realized  that  there  was  committed  to  their  care  the  funda- 
mental principles  of  government,  that  liberty  should  forever  be 
looked  upon,  not  as  an  American  privilege,  but  as  an  eternal  prin- 
ciple. That  there  could  be  no  success  without  unification  of 
effort,  all  working  for  the  same  common  purpose  and  the  same 
common  end,  the  preservation  and  progress  of  our  great  and 
glorious  nation. 

•  In  the  mad  clash  of  civil  dissension  neither  North  nor  South 
comprehended  fully  at  first  the  moral  and  political  problems  in- 
volved in  the  greatest  war  drama  of  all  history.  Out  of  the  re- 
markable leaven  of  patriotic  fervor  arose  armies  and  navies ;  it 


44  Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper. 

begat  statesmen  and  generals,  it  imparted  to  science  and  com- 
merce new  impulses  and  in  many  respects  the  old  things  gave  way 
to  the  new.  Happily  the  ideals  of  government  which  were  des- 
tined to  prevail  were  those  which  these  brave  men  had  received 
from  the  fathers  of  the  republic  and  successfully  defended  by 
them  on  many  a  blood  stained  field  of  battle,  enlarging  and  en- 
riching the  original  heritage  of  representative  government,  giv- 
ing it  new  limitations  and  new  boundaries,  yet  conserving  the 
same  fundamental  principles  inculcated  by  the  founders  of  the 
American  Commonwealth. 

When  we  look  back  to  those  days  the  conclusion  is  irresistible, 
that  back  of  national  interest  there  was  the  guiding  hand  of  an 
all-wise  Providence,  which  is  ever  getting  the  best  out  of  each 
nation  and  using  it  for  the  good  of  all.  Their  duty  was  to  guard 
well  the  fundamental  principles  that  government  of  the  people 
and  l)y  the  people  is  not  a  matter  of  theory  only.  To  those  of 
us  who  follow  must  be  entrusted  the  sacred  duty  of  defending 
those  principles  for  which  they  stood — that  the  American  govern- 
ment must  ever  be  upheld  as  the  highest  form  of  organic  democ- 
racy in  which  manhood  shall  be  the  test  of  citizenship. 

Today  the  sabre,  which  was  once  bright  and  keen,  is  rusted, 
the  carbine  hangs  iipon  the  wall ;  the  revolver  is  covered  with 
dust ;  the  song  of  the  bullet,  the  shriek  of  the  shell,  the  rattle  of 
musketry,  are  stilled  in  the  blest  era  of  peace.  Where  hatred 
and  animosity  prevailed ;  good  fellowship  reigns  supreme,  and 
thank  God  today  we  are  united  under  one  country,  one  flag  and 
one  destiny  and  that  the  highest  goal  of  human  endeavor. 

Have  not  their  ambitions  and  dreams  been  realized?  For 
Liberty  and  Union  are  commensurate  with  and  inseparable  from 
every  acre  of  our  verdant  soil,  and  the  stranger,  I  care  not  from 
whence  he  may  come,  whither  from  Killarney's  lovely  lakes,  the 
flowery  lands  of  France  or  whether  an  Italian  or  African  Sun 
has  poured  down  her  hot  rays  upon  him ;  the  very  moment  he 
places  his  foot  upon  this  Western  Continent,  he  stands  there  re- 
deemed, regenerated  and  disenthralled  by  the  irrestistible  genius 
of  universal  emancipation,  and  this  Moses  of  nations  stands  to- 
day upon  the  Western  Continent  clasping  with  outstretched  hands 
cestus  of  peace  and  waiving  it  over  the  Atlantic  which  in  the  past 
has  been  the  greatest  thoroughfare  of  the  world's  commerce  and 


Pennsylvania  at  Ctilpeper,  45 

over  the  Pacific,  that  great  ferry  that  will  carry  to  and  from  our 
shores  the  blessings  of  the  future  and  will  confer  upon  our  na- 
tion the  commercial  scepter  of  the  seas. 

Throughout  the  whole  civilized  world  there  is  a  grand  awaken- 
ing of  the  people,  chains  are  being  broken,  old  creeds  are  cring- 
ing and  crumbling  into  dust  and  quickened  thought  is  bringing 
into  existence  a  new  ideal,  the  ideal  of  common  humanity  and 
this  nation  glorious  in  the  strength  of  youth  hastens  to  that  noble 
conquest,  not  to  enslave  but  to  free,  not  to  destroy  but  to  up- 
build, not  for  conquest  but  for  conscience.  Let  us  hope  that  the 
day  is  not  far  distant  when  the  armies  and  navies,  the  forts  and 
barracks,  will  be  but  history  and  that  the  hostile  peoples  of  this 
earth  shall  be  wooed  into  the  fond  embrace  of  fraternal  peace. 

Standing  today  'mid  the  herald  of  a  new  and  grander  day,  en- 
joying national  peace  and  matchless  prosperity,  we  are  assembled 
here  today  to  dedicate  this  monument  erected  by  a  grateful  Com- 
monwealth, the  State  of  Pennsylvania  the  Keystone  in  the  Tri- 
umphal Arch  of  Constitutional  American  Liberty.  '  Erected  upon 
the  soil  of  dear  old  Virginia,  the  home  of  tlie  old  Cavalier,  whose 
men  have  been  makers  of  history,  and  whose  watchword  this  day 
is  progress.  The  monument  which  we  today  dedicate,  though 
beautiful  in  its  proportions  and  workmanship,  is  of  little  intrinsic 
value,  but  who  can  estimate  tlie  cost  to  lay  the  foundation  for 
its  erection.  As  we  look  upon  it  we  see  and  read  much  more 
than  the  simple  and  appropriate  inscription  it  bears.  It  repre- 
sents great  sacrifice,  sacrifices  so  great  that  they  cannot  be  com- 
puted. 

What  a  grateful  and  beautiful  tribute  of  affection  Pennsyl- 
vania has  so  generously  erected  in  honor  of  her  sons  who  fought 
for  human  liberty.  The  blood  shed  was  her  blood,  the  sacrifices 
made  were  her  sacrifices  and  she  has  not  forgotten  them.  It  will 
stand  long  after  we  have  passed  away  to  speak  with  a  persuasive 
voice  to  generations  yet  unborn,  educating  them  in  all  that  per- 
tains to  the  safety,  prosperity  and  perpetuity  of  our  country  and 
inspiring  them  with  an  exalted  patriotism  and  an  unflinching 
courage  in  the  defense  of  her  magnificent  institutions.  Let  it 
stand  a  perpetual  memorial  to  those  who  defended  Virtue, 
Liberty  and  Independence,  the  Holy  Trinity  of  our  State,  which 
have  been  woven  into  a  golden  chain  that  has  bound  Humanity 
together  and  fastened  the  whole  world  at  the  feet  of  God. 


46  Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper. 

BENEDICTION. 

Rev.    N.    H.    Holmes,    D.    D.,   of  Washington,    D.    C. 

"And  now  may  the  love  of  God,  the  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  and  the  fellowship  of  the  Holy  Spirit  be  with  us  all  ever- 
more.    Amen." 

TAPS. 


GUESTS  PRESENT  FROM  PENNSYLVANIA,  WASHING- 
TON AND  VIRGINIA  AT  THE  DEDICATION  OF 
CULPEPER,  VIRGINIA,  MONUMENT. 


Pennsylvania  Guests. 

Governor  John  K.  Tener,  Harrisburg. 

Adjutant  General  Thomas  J.  Stewart,  Harrisburg. 

Brigadier  General  J.  Lewis  Good,  Philadelphia. 

Colonel  Fred  Taylor  Pusey,  Lima,  Delaware  Co. 

Colonel   Harry  C.  Trexler,  Allentown. 

Colonel  Horace  Haldeman,  Philadelphia. 

Colonel  Howard  Williams,  Phoenixville. 

Colonel  Joseph  K.  Weaver,  Norristown. 

Colonel  JFrank  Patterson,  Pittsburgh. 

Lieut.  Colonel  Livingston  Rausch,  Harrisburg. 

Lieut.  Colonel  J.  Warner  Hutchins,  Philadelphia. 

Lieut.  Colonel  Walter  Bradley  Philadelphia. 

Lieut.  Colonel  John  R.  W^iggins,  Philadelphia. 

Lieut.  Colonel  Andrew  Berger,  Pittsburgh. 

Lieut.  Colonel  Samuel  D.  Foster,  Harrisburg. 

Sergt.  William  L.  Hicks,  Harrisburg. 

Sergt.  Leo  A.  Luttringer,  Harrisburg. 

Walter  Gaither,  Secretary  to  Governor  Tener. 

Hon.  William  Hertzler,  Deputy  Secretary  of  State,  Port  Royal. 

Harry  S.  McDevitt,  Assistant  Executive  Controller,  Philadel- 
phia. 

Archibald  Millar,  Secretary,  Railroad  Commission,  Harris- 
burg. 

Thomas  McD.  Jones,  Independent,  Harrisburg. 

General  John  K.  Robinson,  16th  Pa.  Cavalry,  Mifflintown. 


Pennsylvania  at  Gulpeper.  47 

Captain  John  C.  Delaney,  107th  Pa.  Vol.,  Harrisburg. 
Captain  Ed.  Dunn,  16th  Pa.  Cavalry,  Connellsville. 
Captain  Joseph  Matchette,  46th  Pa.  Vol.,  Catasauqua. 
Captain  T.  C.  Reynolds,  105th  Pa.  Vol.,  Reynoldsville. 
C.  E.  Humphreys,  M.'  D.,  143rd  Pa.  Vol.,  Bethlehem. 
Chas.  M.  Washburn.  5th  Pa.  Res.,  Roaring  Branch. 
John  B.  Patrick,  97th  Pa.  Vol.,  Clarion. 
Wilham  E.  Lewis,  16th  Pa.  Cavalry,  Harrisburg. 
Geo.  W.  Rhoads,  28th  Pa.  Vol.,  Herndon. 
Edwin  W.  Pearce  107th  Pa.  Vol.,  Scranton. 
Mr.  E.  C.  Dewey,  Clearfield. 
Mr.  James  O.  Knauss,  Allentown. 
Miss  Pauhne  Rohm,  Harrisburg. 
Miss  Dorothy  Rohm,  Harrisburg. 

Mr.  Joseph  Boyd,  U.  S.  MiHtary  Telegraph  Corps,  Pittsburgh. 
William  T.  Bradbury,  139th  Pa.  Vol.,  Pittsburgh. 
John  A.  Fairman,  Knap's  Battery,  Pittsburgh. 
W.  T.  Powell,  78th  Pa.  Vol.,  Pittsburgh. 
J.  K.  Campbell,  9th  Pa.  Res.,  Pittsburgh. 
Hon.  J.  Denny  O'Neil,  Pittsburgh. 
Hon.  S.  J.  Toole,  Pittsburgh. 
J.  Porter  Phipps,  16th  Pa.  Cavalry,  Pittsburgh. 
J.  K.  Burnett,  Tri-State  News  Co.,  Pittsburgh. 
Hon.  R.  J.  Cunningham,  Allegheny  County  Controller,  Pitts- 
burgh. 
Hon.  Chas.  F.  McKenna,  155th  Pa.  Vol.,  Pittsburgh. 
Mr.  Chas.  Reppert,  Pittsburgh. 
Senator  Chas.  H.  Kline,  Pittsburgh. 
Senator  Henry  Cooper,  Bellevue. 
Representative  James  F.  Woodward,  McKeesport. 
Representative  David  Hardy,  McKeesport. 
S.  H.  Johnson,  Jr.,  M.  D.,  Pittsburgh. 
Hon.  Stephen  Porter,  U.  S.  Rep.  29th  Dist.,  Pittsburgh. 
Captain  Thomas  J.  Hamilton,  28th  Pa.  Vol.,  Pittsburgh. 
William  D.  McGill  and  wife,  Pittsburgh. 
Mrs.  S.  W.  Hill,  Bellevue. 
Mrs.  J.  Sharp  McDonald,  Sewickley. 
Miss  Sylvia  Rosensteel,  Sewickley. 
Master  Chas.  Parschall  Redick,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Guests  present  from  Washington,  D.  C. 

John  McElroy,  16th  111.  Cavalry,  National  Tribune,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

Lawerence  Wilson,  M.  D.,  7th  Ohio  Vol.,  Pensipn  Dept.,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

Rev.  N.  H.  Holmes,  Berdan  Sharp  Shooters,  U.  S.  V.,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 


1:8  Pennsylvania  at  Culpcper, 

Captain  C.  F.  Humphreys,  U.  S.  A.,  Q.  M.  General's  Depl., 
Wasliington,  D.  C. 

C.  P.  Spence,  Cemetery  Clerk,  Depot  Q.  M.  General's  l)e])t., 
Washington,  D.  C. 


Guests  present  from  Virginia. 

Governor  William  Hodges  Mann. 

Benjamin  P.  Owen,  Jr.,  Secretary  to  Governor  Mann. 

J.  Geo.  Pliden,  Esq.,  Culpeper. 


Reception  Committee : 

H.  C.  BurroMfs,  Chairman,  R.  H.  Dennis,  P.  L.  Jameson,  W.  P. 
Hill,  R.  M.  Alackall,  A.  L.  Goodloe,  J.  T.  Wampler,  T.  E.  Grims- 
ley. 

The  Culpeper  Minute  Men  (Co.  B,  Second  Regiment,  Va.  In- 
fantry), Lieut.  Nelson  Wampler,  Commanding. 

A.  P.  Hill  Camp  No.  2  Confederate  Veterans  No.  15,  H.  C.  Bur- 
rows, Commander,  W.  P.  Hill,  Adjutant,  50  members  present. 

Culpeper  Chapter  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  Miss 
Mamie  Waite,  President,  Miss  Adella  Yowell,  Secretary. 

J.  T.  Wampler,  Editor,  Culpeper  Enterprise. 

Rufus  G.  Roberts,  General  Manager,  Culpeper  Exponent. 

Lieut.  Geo.  C.  Rounds,  U.  S.  Signal  Corps,  Manassas,  Va. 

J.  W.  Yancey,  Culpeper. 

Mr.  John  Irvine  and  wife,  near  Culpeper. 

Mr.  Wm.  Irvine  and  wife,  near  Culpeper. 

Wra.  Long,  148th  Pa.  Vol.  Infantry,  near  Stevensburg. 

Major  W.  E.  Reppert,  15th  Pa.  Cavalry,  Alexandria. 
.     Mrs.  W.  E.  Reppert  and  daughter,  Alexandria. 

About  one  thousand  people  of  Culpeper  and  vicinity  were  pres- 
ent at  the  dedication  of  the  monument. 


Pennsylvania  at  Gulpcper.  49 

•    DECLINATIONS. 
Gentlemen : 

I  shall  not  be  present  at  the  dedication  of  the  Pennsylvania 
State  Monument  in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Culpeper,  Va.,  on 
Thursday,  October  17th,  1912,  much  to  my  regret. 

JAMES  A.  BEAVER. 


My  dear  Sir : 

I  have  just  received  the  kind  invitation  of  your  Commission  to 
be  present  at  the  dedication  of  the  monument  in  memory  of  the 
Pennsylvania  soldiers  of  the  Civil  War  interred  in  the  National 
Cemetery  at  Culpeper,  Va.  I  sincerely  regret  that  engagements 
made  sometime  since  and  which  I  am  unable  to  re-arrange  will 
prevent  me  from  accepting  the  invitation.  Please  express  to 
the  members  of  your  association  my  appreciation  of  the  courtesy, 
and  my  regrets  at  not  being  able  to  attend. 

With  assurance  of  my  personal  regard  and  esteem,  I  remain. 
Yours  sincerely, 

EDWIN  S.  STUART. 


General  D.  McM.  Gregg  regrets  that  he  is  unable  to  accept  the 
invitation  extended  to  him  by  the  Governor  of  the  Common- 
wealth and  the  Culpeper,  Va.,  Monument  Commission,  to  be 
present  at  the  dedication  of  the  monument  erected  by  the  State 
of  Pennsylvania  in  memory  of  the  Pennsylvania  soldiers  interred 
in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Culpeper,  Virginia. 


My  dear  Captain : 

The  armies  now  in  Pennsylvania  flying  the  flags  of  smallpox 
and  typhoid  fever  will  prevent  me  from  leaving  my  post  to  be 
with  you  at  Culpeper. 

Thanking  you  very  much  for  your  kind  invitation,  which  I  ac- 
cepted, I  am. 

Very  sincerely, 

SAMUEL  G.  DIXON. 

4 


50  Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper. 


Mr.  John  C.  Bell  genuinely  regrets  his  .inability  to  be  present 
at  the  dedication  of  the  monument  erected  by  the  State  of  Penn- 
sylvania in  memory  of  the  Pennsylvania  soldiers  of  the  Civil 
War  interred  in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Culpeper,  Va.  on 
Tliursday,  October  seventeenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve. 


His  Excellency,  John  K.  Tener, 

Governor,  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania, 
Harrisburg,  Pa. 
My  dear  Governor  Tener : 

1  have  no  greater  disappointment  than  to  advise  you  of  my 
inability  to  accept  through  Commissioner  Hill,  your  delightful 
invitation  to  attend  dedication  of  monument  to  Pennsylvania's 
dead  in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Culpeper,  Va.,  having  pre- 
viously arranged  to  go  to  Gettysburg  to  look  over  railroad  ter- 
minal conditions  there,  to  intelligently  report  on  same  and  have 
necessary  work  put  under  construction  without  delay.  The  trip 
itself  would  have  been  delightfully  interesting,  as  I  wo,n  my  first 
shoulder  strap  in  Cedar  Mountain  battle. 
Regretfully  yours, 

J.  M.  SCHOONMAKER. 


Dear  Friend  and  Comrade : 

Your  very  kind  invitation  to  be  present  at  the  dedication  of 
the  Culpeper  Monument  is  before  me.  I  regret  very  much  my 
inability  to  be  present  on  said  occasion  by  reason  of  illness  in 
my  family.  Nothing  would  have  pleased  me  more  than  to  have 
visited  that  section  of  Old  Virginia  as  I  would  have  had  the 
pleasure  of  meeting  many  of  my  comrades  and  friends  and  also 
the  pleasure  of  viewing  old  Bealeton  Station  where  we  spent  so 
many  happy  days.  Again  I  thank  you  for  your  kind  invitation 
and  hope  you  will  have  a  glorious  old  time.  Remember  me  to 
all  my  old  comrades.  I  trust  this  will  find  you  enjoying  the 
best  of  health.     I  am  as  ever, 

Yours  very  truly, 

J.  C.  ROBINSON. 


Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper.  51 

Dear  Sir: 

Your  kind  invitation  to  be  present  at  the  unveiling  and  dedica- 
tion of  the  Culpeper  Monument  duly  received  but  business  pre- 
vents the  writer  from  being  present.  1  want  to  thank  you  most 
heartily  for  the  remembrance  and  hope  that  you  will  have  a 
pleasant  day  for  the  exercises,  and  that  they  will  be  carried  out 
with  satisfaction  to  the  commission  and  honor  to  the  State. 
Thanking  you  again,  I  beg  to  remain. 
Yours  sincerely 

W.  S.  MARTIN, 
General  Manager,  Smith  Granite  Co. 


My  dear  Sir : 

I  am  this  day  in  receipt  of  your  invitation  to  be  present  at  the 
dedication  of  the  monument  erected  by  the  State  of  Pennsylvania 
to  her  soldiers  interred  in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Culpeper, 
Va.,  on  the  9th  current  month. 

I  thank  you  heartily  for  the  honor  in  being  invited  to  attend 
this  most  worthy  occasion,  and  regret  to  say  it  will  be  impossible 
for  me  to  attend.  I  am  deeply  interested  in  this  monumentj  and 
enjoy  the  distinction  of  being  the  father  of  the  bill  making  the 
appropriation,  confederate  veteran  that  I  am,  it  was  one  of  the 
greatest  pleasures  of  my  life  to  put  the  ball  in  motion  to  such 
a  happy  consummation. 

Remotely  I  had  hoped  to  be  present  and  deliver  a  ten  minutes 
address  upon  the  occasion,  having  had  it  intimated  that  such 
would  be  the  case.  However,  my  heart  is  with  you  and  your 
associates  in  this  noble  work,  and  say  to  my  friends  present  from 
Pittsburgh : 

Let  us  remember  the  glory  of  achievement  and  simple  grand- 
eur of  character  of  the  fast  departing  veteran,  do  honor  to  the 
living  and  pluck  from  the  perfumed  gardens  of  memory  a  few 
random  roses  for  the  soldier,  who  died  for  his  country ;  and  in 
the  sanctity  of  a  nation's  love,  in  recognition  of  that  Divine 
emanation  from  the  throne  of  God  to  the  soul  of  man,  which 
makes  us  feel  our  fellow  man  our  brother,  in  the  broad  character 
of  Him  who  commanded  that  we  love  one  another,  who  glorified 
the  doctrines  of  forgivenness  and  love,  let  us  honor  and  cherish 
the  memory  of  the  American  soldier  who  fought  for  what  he 
thought  was  right,  whether  he  wore  the  blue  or  whether  he  wore 
the  grey,  there  is  glory  enough  for  all,  for  we  are  Americans. 

I  am,  . 

Very  respectfully, 

'  F.  M.  BURROWS. 


52  Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper. 

EXTRACT  FROM  THE  NATIONAL  TRIBUNE,  WASHING- 
TON, D.  C. 

John  McFilroy,  Editor. 


Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper.— A  Splendid  tribute  to  the  dead  of 
the  Keystone  Commonwealth. 


There  is  something  splendidly  strong  and  substantial  about 
everything  that  Pennsylvania  does.  There  wsls  very  little  of  the 
showy  and  spectacular  about  her  regiments  during  the  war,  as 
there  is  about  her  National  Guard  regiments  today.  They  were 
strictly  fighting  organizations  with  everything  subordinated  to 
the  main  purpose  of  making  the  regiment  a  tremendous  machine. 

The  monument  dedicated  last  week  at  Cul})eper,  Va.,  to  the 
Pennsylvanians  who  died  in  the  many  battles  immediately  around 
that  strategic  point  is  thoroughly  characteristic  of  Pennsylvania. 
It  is  a  magnificent  pile  of  roughly  hewn  granite  as  imposing  and 
enduring  as  the  hills  and  mountains  of  the  Rappahannock  which 
overlook  it.  It  will  speak  forever  of  the  unostentatious  but  in- 
vincible strength  and  solidity  of  the  people  who  have  made  the 
Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  one  of  the  greatest  communities 
in  the  whole  world.  While  the  granite  is  massive  and  rough 
hewn,  yet  it  shows  an  opulence  of  expenditure  far  exceeding  that 
of  an  aggregate  of  many  showier  monuments.  It  is  overpower- 
ing in  size,  surmounted  by  a  huge  ball  of  finely  polished  granite, 
and  its  four  sides  are  eml:)ellished  by  bronze  tablets  bearing  the 
arms  of  Pennsylvania,  an  inscription  to  the  gallant  patriots  who 
sleep  there,  and  a  full  list  of  the  known  dead. 

Equally  good  taste  was  shown  in  the  selection  of  the  day  for 
dedication,  Thursday,  Octol^er  17th,  was  as  perfect  a  day  as  Vir- 
ginia Autumn  can  afiford.  Virginia  can  set  up  as  fine  Fall 
weather  as  the  earth  afifords. 

Governor  Tener,  of  Pennsylvania,  came  from  Harrisburg  on  a 
special  train  wath  his  staff  and  some  100  or  more  veterans.  He 
was  met  at  Culpeper  by  a  delegation  of  citizens,  and  the  town 
was  decorated  with  American  flags  in  honor  of  the  guests  and 
the  occasion.  Governor  Mann,  of  Virginia,  arrived  with  some 
of  his  official  family  by  another  train,  and  extended  the  greet- 
ings of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia  to  her  sister  Common- 
wealth of  Pennsylvania. 

The  National  Guard  of  Virginia  was  represented  by  the  fam- 
ous Culpeper  Guards,  an  organization  more  than  a  century  old. 
and  which  has  taken  part  as  a  body  in  every  war  in  which  the 


Pennsylvanin  at  Culpeper.  53 

country  has  engaged.  It  is  a  fine  corps  of  young  men,  admirably 
drilled  and  commanded  by  Captain  Slaughter,  a  grand-nephew 
of  the  owner  of  Slaughter  Mountain,  one  of  the  names  for  the 
battle  of  Cedar  Mountain,  and  also  a  grand-nephew  of  General 
Slaughter,  who  was  prominent  in  the  Confederate  army. 

The  exercises  began  at  2  o'clock  in  the  beautiful  grounds  of 
the  National  Cemetery,  with  a  feeling  invocation  by  Rev.  N.  H. 
Holmes,  D.  D.,  Chaplain  of  the  Department  of  the  Potomac. 
Mrs.  J.  Sharp  McDonald,  who  is  an  honorary  member  of  Post  3, 
Pittsburgh,  and  admired  and  beloved  by  all  the  comrades  of  the 
city,  who  call  her  ''Comrade  Bob"  sang  "Tenting  on  the  Old 
Camp  Ground"  in  a  feeling  way  that  brought  tears  to  the  eyes 
of  all,  the  old  Confederates  present  being  among  those  most 
moved.  Governor  William  Hodges  Mann  of  Virginia,  had  to 
leave  on  an  early  train  to  fill  engagements  at  Boston,  and  his 
Secretary,  Mr.  Owens,  delivered  an  address  of  welcome.  Mr.  W. 
George  Hiden  made  an  address  of  welcome  on  behalf  of  the  citi- 
zens of  Culpeper.  Governor  Tener  responded  briefly  but  happily 
for  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  Col.  S.  W.  Hill,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Commission,  then  delivered  the  monument  to  the 
Governor  of  Pennsylvania,  when  it  was  unveiled  by  Master 
Charles  P.  Redick. 

"Comrade  Bob"  and  the  audience  then  sang  "The  Star 
Spangled  Banner"  with  feeling  and  enthusiasm.  Governor 
Tener  received  the  monument,  and  transferred  it  to  a  United 
States  officer  on  behalf  of  the  Government.  Hon.  Charles  How- 
ard Kline,  State  Senator  of  Pennsylvania,  made  an  excellent 
address,  and  General  Thomas  Stewart,  who  was  present  as  the 
head  of  the  Governor's  stafT,  made  a  brief  address  of  matchless 
oration  and  feeling.  Though  General  Stewart  was  unprepared 
he  could  not  have  done  better  had  he  elaborated  his  speech  for 
weeks.  He  was  given  the  warmest  congratulations  by  all  who 
heard  him. 

"Comrade  Bob"  sang  "God  be  with  you  till  we  meet  again," 
and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Holmes  delivered  the  benediction. 

Too  much  credit  cannot  be  given  to  the  Pennsylvania  Commis- 
sion, consisting  of  Comrades  S.  W.  Hill,  Chas.  H.  Worman,  F.  F. 
Rohm.  They  were  highly  complimented  by  the  Governor  for 
their  good  work,  and  deserved  all  that  they  received. 

The  monument  is  a  magnificent  work  of  art,  worthy  of  the 
State  and  her  soldiers,  and  all  the  arrangements  for  its  dedication 
were  carried  forward  with  exactness  and  success.  Comrade 
Hill's  address  was  in  admirable  taste  and  well  delivered. 


54  Pennsylvania  at  Gulpeper. 


EXTRACT  FROM  THE  TIMES-DISPATCH, 
RICHMOND,    VA. 


P'ederal  Monument  at  Culpeper. 


Culpeper,  Va.,  October  26. — Governor  John  K.  Tener,  with  his 
entire  staff  and  a  number  of  prominent  officials  and  Federal  vet- 
erans of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  were  in  Culpeper,  Thursday 
of  last  ^eek  and  took  part  in  the  impressive  exercises  which 
marked  the  unveiling  of  the  monument  erected  by  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania  in  memory  of  the  Pennsylvania  soldiers  of  the  Civil 
War  who  are  interred  in  the  National  Cemetery  here.  Governor 
William  Hodges  Mann  was  also  present  during  the  morning,  but 
on  account  of  an  engagement  to  speak  in  Boston,  Mass.,  on  Fri- 
day, had  to  leave  before  the  exercises  began.  He  was  repre- 
sented by  his  private  secretary,  Ben.  P.  Owen,  of  Richmond. 
The  A.  P.  Hill  Camp  of  Confederate  veterans,  which  had  enter- 
tained the  visiting  veterans  at  lunch  in  the  Masonic  Hall,  at- 
tended in  a  body  as  did  the  Culpeper  Minute  Men,  whose  bugler 
sounded  "assembly"  a'nd  "Taps."  The  program  opened  with 
prayer  by  Rev.  N.  H.  Holmes,  D.  D.,  himself  a  veteran  of  the 
First  Battalion  of  New  York  Sharp  Shooters,  who  was  in  Cul- 
peper during  the  sixties.  This  was  followed  by  "Tenting  on 
the  Old  Camp  Ground,"  sung  by  Mrs.  J.  Sharp  McDonald,  of 
Pittsburgh,  who  also  sang  several  other  patriotic  songs  during 
the  program ;  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  and  "My  Country 
'Tis  of  Thee"  being  among  the  number.  In  the  last  the  whole 
audience  joined  in.  Ben.  P.  Owen,  who  acted  on  behalf  of  Gover- 
nor Mann,  made  the  address  of  welcome  on  behalf  of  Virginia. 
Attorney  J.  George  Hiden  followed  with  an  address  of  welcome 
on  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  Culpeper,  Governor  Tener  making 
the  response  to  the  two  speeches.  The  president  of  the  Monu- 
ment Commission,  S.  W.  Hill,  then  made  the  transfer  of  the 
monument  to  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  shaft  was  un- 
veiled by  Master  Charles  P.  Redick,  of  Pittsburgh,  who  pulled 
the  cord  making  the  four  United  States  flags,  that  until  then 
had  been  draping  the  tall  shaft,  float  away  to  two  nearby  trees. 

The  monument  is  a  massive  one  of  granite,  surmounted  by  a 
dome,  and  has  upon  it  the  seal  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  and 
an  appropriate  inscription  to  the  known  and  unknown  dead, 
whom  it  commemorates.  There  is  also  the  record  of  the  thirty- 
seven  engagements  on  Culpeper  soil  in  which  Pennsylvania 
troops  were  engaged,  and  a  list  of  names  of  the  dead  as  far  as 
known. 


Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper.  55 

Adjutant  General  Stewart,  of  Pennsylvania  made  a  stirring- 
speech  in  his  acceptance  of  the  monument  for  the  State  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  was  frequently  applauded,  especially  in  his  account 
of  personal  experiences  in  Culpeper  on  his  "other  visit  here,  dur- 
ing the  sixties."  He  transferred  the  monument  to  the  United 
States  Government.  Captain  C.  F.  Humphrey,  of  the  War  De- 
partment, acting  on  behalf  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  made  a  brief 
and  gracious  speech  of  acceptance.  State  Senator  Charles  How- 
ard Kline  closed  the  program  with  a  speech  in  which  he  made 
special  mention  of  the  kindness  and  courtesy  the  whole  party 
from  the  North  had  received  in  Culpeper,  and  of  their  apprecia- 
tion of  the  same. 


EXTRACT  FROM  THE  CULPEPER,  VIRGINIA, 
EXPONENT. . 

Rufus  G.   Roberts,   General   Manager. 


Governors  Tener  and  Mann  Attend  Dedication. — Exercises  in 

National  Cemetery  here  Yesterday  When  Monument  is 

Unveiled. 


The  exercises  at  the  dedication  of  the  handsome  Monument 
erected  by  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  in  memory  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania soldiers  of  the  Civil  War  interred  in  the  National  Cemetery 
here,  commenced  at  2  P.  M.  yesterday. 

The  cemetery  under  the  care  of  Major  Lorenzo  Dow,  was 
beautifully  decorated  for  the  occasion,  a  U.  S.  flag  adorning 
every  grave,  the  monument  being  veiled  with  four  large  "Old 
Glories." 

Governor  John  K.  Tener  of  Pennsylvania,  and  a  party  of  about 
seventy  veterans  and  members  of  his  staff,  arrived  on  a  special 
train  in  the  morning.  Governor  Wm.  Hodges  Mann,  of  Virginia, 
and  his  secretary,  Mr.  Ben  Owen,  Jr.,  also  arrived  yesterday 
morning. 

The  address  of  welcome  on  behalf  of  Virginia  was  made  by 
Mr.  Owen.  The  address  of  welcome  on  behalf  of  the  citizens  of 
Culpeper  was  made  by  J.  G.  Hiden,  Esq.,  and  Governor  Tener 
re.sponded  to  the  address  of  the  two  Virginians.  The  A.  P.  Hill 
Camp  Confederate  Veterans  and  the  Culpeper  Minute  Men  each 
attended  the  exercises  in  a  body. 


56  Pennsylvania  at  Gulpeper. 

The  monument,  costing  about  $12,000  complete,  bears  the  fol- 
lowing inscription : 

Pennsylvania 

Remembers  with  solemn  pride 

Her  heroic  Sons 

Who  here  repose  in 

Known  and  unknown  graves 

May  their  sacrifices  be 

An  inspiration  to  the  people 

and  promote  Civic  Virtue,  Love  of 

Liberty,  Peace,  Prosperity 

And  Llappiness  in  all  the  states. 

"Dulce  et  decorum  est 

Pro  patria  mori." 


EXTRACT  FROM  THE  CULPEPER  ENTERPRISE. 

J.    T.    Wampler,    Editor. 


Unveiling  and  Dedication  of  the  Pennsylvania  Monument. 


Thursday,  the  17th,  a  special  train  bearing  the  Governor,  his 
staff  and  a  goodly  number  of  prominent  sons  of  the  Keystone 
State  arrived  at  Culpeper  at  10  A.  M.  The  party  was  met  at 
the  depot  by  an  outpouring  of  our  people  under  the  leadership 
of  Culpeper's  Reception  Committee,  of  which  ex-Mayor  Burrows 
was  Chairman.  Members  of  the  party  were  driven  in  automo- 
biles around  town,  others  preferred  to  walk  leisurely  and  survey 
our  beautiful  little  city.  At  two  o'clock  at  the  National  Ceme- 
tery, around  the  massive  monument  was  gathered  at  least  one 
thousand  citizens  of  Culpeper,  who  attested  by  their  presence, 
a  hearty  welcome  to  their  one  time  enemies.  The  exercises  were 
opened  with  prayer  by  Rev.  Dr.  N.  H.  Holmes.  He  was  fol- 
lowed by  the  sweet  singer  Mrs.  J.  Sharp  McDonald,  who  sang 
"Tenting  on  the  Old  Camp  Ground."  Col.  Owen,  Gov.  Mann's 
private  secretary,  made  the  address  of  welcome  for  the  Governor. 
Attorney  J.  G.  Hiden  welcomed  the  visitors  on  behalf  of  the  citi- 
zens of  Culpeper.  Gov.  Tener,  of  Pennsylvania,  responded  to 
the  cordial  welcome  extended  alike  by  the  Mother  of  States  and 
her  child,  the  town  of  Culpeper.  The  monument  was  then  un- 
veiled, and  presented  to  the  Governor  of  Pennsylvania,  who  in 
turn  transferred  it  to  the  U.  S.  Government.  Adj.  General 
Stewart  made  the  presentation  address  which  proved  the  feature 
of  the  occasion. 


Pennsylvania  at  CuljJeper.  57 

General  Stewart  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  and  like  most 
brave  men,  he  appreciates  the  valor  of  those  who  opposed  him 
on  the  field  of  battle.  His  remarks  were  eulogistic  of  his  one 
time  foes,  and  he  expressed  his  appreciation  of  the  loyal  welcome 
the  Southland  now  extends  to  those  who  live  north  of  Mason 
and  Dixons  line.  In  fact  the  speakers  convinced  their  hearers 
that  the  spirit  of  universal  brotherhood  permeates  throughout 
our  united  country.  That  sectionalism  has  given  away  under  the 
pressure  of  fraternal  fellowship.  The  unveiling  was  a  happy 
occasion. 

Mrs.  J.  Sharp  McDonald  is  due  special  mention,  hers  was  the 
most  attractive  and  enjoyable  feature  of  the  interesting  occasion. 
Her  sweet  voice  will  long  be  remembered  by  the  people  of  Cul- 
peper. 

Another  feature  of  the  unveiling  which  greatly  pleased  our 
people  was  the  presence  of  Dr.  Laurence  Wilson,  of  Washington, 
D.  C.  The  doctor  has  many  friends  in  Culpeper  who  look  for  his 
presence  on  all  such  occasions  and  would  be  greatly  disappointed 
if  they  failed  to  see  his  familiar  figure. 

There  was  but  one  disappointment  during  the  entire  trip.  It 
was  the  inability  of  Hon.  W.  Hodges  Mann,  Governor  of  Vir- 
ginia, to  remain  at  Culpeper  to  participate  in  the  dedicatory 
exercises.  He  arrived  from  Richmond  a  few  minutes  after  the 
Pennsylvania  Special  had  taken  the  siding  and  in  the  style  that 
has  characterized  the  Old  Dominion  for  its  unstinted  hospitality 
bade  the  visitors  a  hearty  welcome  to  his  native  heath. 

After  lunching  with  his  guest.  Governor  Tener,  the  Chief 
Executive  left  for  the  North  to  keep  a  previous  engagement. 

Hon.  Ben  Owen,  Jr..  private  secretary  to  Governor  Mann,  was 
deputized  to  speak  in  his  stead.  With  the  oratory  of  a  Southern 
gentleman  he  carried  his  listeners  back  to  the  early  days  of  this 
country,  dwelled  upon  the  trials  and  tribulations  of  his  state  and 
nation  and  in  conclusion  elucidated  upon  the  Keystone  state  and 
extended  the  felicitations  of  his  fellow  citizens  to  their  visitors. 


58 


Pennsylvania  at  Gulpeper. 


THE  CULPEPER,  VIRGINIA,  MONUMENT  COMMISSION 
OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 


In  account  with  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania. 


Dr. 

July  18,  1910,  To  warrant,  . . .  . . 

April  13,1910,  "  "            

Mav  25,1910,  "  "           

Aug.  3,  1910,  "  "          

April  11,1911,  "  "           

June  5,1911,  "  "           

Oct.  18,1911,  "  "           

Dec.  6,1911,  "  "           

May  17,1912,  "  "           

July  11,1912,    "  "           

Aug.  5,1912,  "  "           

Sept.  27,1912,  "  "           

Oct.  3,1912,  "  "           

Oct.  16,1912,  "  "           

Nov.  25,  1912,  "  "           


$59  45 

7i   30 

138  20 

97  72 

68  34 

14  30 

22  04 

7  05 

96  58 

19  85 

53  14 

7,006  65 

69  43 

49  82 

150  60 


Cr. 

By  vouchers  filed : 

Expenses  of  Commissioners,  .  . . 

Advertising  for  proposals, 

Printing  invitations  etc., 

Photos,  Water  Color  drawing,  etc. 
Sundries,  postage,  express,  legal, 
telegrams,  phone  service,  etc.,  . 
Smith  Granite  Company, 


$621  48 
69  45 
82  90 
43  25 

109  39 
7,000  00 

$7,926-  47       $7,926  47 


Unexpended  balance  of  appropriation,  $73.53. 

CHAS.  H.  WORMAN, 
Treasurer. 


Pennsyhmnia  at  Culpeper.  59 


APPENDIX. 


The  names  of  the  soldiers  of  the  46th  and  111th  Penna.  Vol. 
Infantry  who  were  killed  in  the  Battle  of  Cedar  Mountain,  Va., 
Aug.  9th,  1862,  or  died  of  their  wounds  shortly  afterwards  are 
appended  here.  They  fill  some  of  the  unknown  graves  in  the 
Culpeper  National  Cemetery.  The  Q.  M.  General's  Department, 
U.  S.  A.,  in  charge  of  National  Cemetery  refused  to  have  their 
names  inscribed  on  the  monument  because  they  could  not  be 
identified. — The  Commission. 


Forty-Sixth  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry. 

Members  of  this  regiment  killed  at  the  battle  of  Cedar  Moun- 
tain, Va.,  and  buried  on  the  field  in  unknown  graves,  Aug.  9th, 
1862. 

Company  A. 

Scott,  William  T.,  Corj.oral. 
Baker,  Ephraim,  Private. 
Cowden,  William,  Private. 
Hillins,  Henry,  Private. 
Spiece,  William,  Private. 

Company  B. 

Rollings,  Henry,  Private. 
Sende,  Henry  B.,  Private. 

Company  C. 

Wilson,  Robert,  Second  Lieutenant. 
Brown,  Wallace,  Private. 
Bellis,  William,  Private. 

Richard,  John  A.,  Private,  died  of  wounds  received  in  action, 
August  9th,  1862. 

Weisman,  Lewis,  Private, 


60  Pennsylvania  at  Gulpeper.  > 

Company  D. 

Durrell,  Geo.,  Sergt. 

Lyne,  Thomas,  died  of  wounds  received  at  Cedar  Mountain, 
Va. 


Company  E. 


Jones,  Samuel  E.,  Private. 
St.  Clair,  John  R.,  Private. 
Houk,  Augustus,  Private. 
Wiler,  Gottfried,  Private. 
VVentzel,  Amos,  Private. 


Company  F. 

Campbell,  James  PL,  Private. 
Davis,  James,  Private. 
Stettler,  William,  Private. 

Company  G. 

Robbins,  William,  died  of  wounds,  August  17th,  1862,  received 
at  Cedar  Mountain,  Va. 

McDermott,  Patrick,  killed. 
Welsh,  Charles,  killed. 

Company  H. 

Baker,  David  B.,  Private. 
Deramir,  John  P.,  Private. 
Yoeman,  Lewis  H.,  Private. 

Company  I — None. 

Company  K. 

Caldwell,  William  P.,  1st  Lieut. 
Haas,  James  H.,  Private. 

Coder,  John  A.,  died  of  wounds  received  at  Cedar  Mountain, 
September  19th,  1862. 


Pennsylvania  at  Culpeper.  61 

Workoski,  Mathias,  died  at  Culpeper,  date  unknown,  of  wounds 
received  August  9th,  1862,  at  Cedar  Mountain,  Va. 
Fittsworth,  Alfred,  killed.  Cedar  Mountain,  Va. 
Erfels,  Jeremiah,  killed,  Cedar  Mountain,  Va. 

One  Hundred  and  Eleventh  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 

List  of  names  of  members  of  the  Regiment  killed  at  the  battle 
of  Cedar  Mountain,  Va.,  August  9th,  1862. 

(Taken  from  Bates'  History.) 

Company  B. 
McClellan,  William,  Private. 

Company  C. 

Sedgwick,  E.  V.,  Corporal. 

Bateman,  Joseph  S.,  Private,  died  of  wounds  received  at  Cedar 
Mountain,  Va.,  August  9th  1862. 

Company  D. 

Shutt,  James  T.,  1st  Sergt. 

Company  E. 
Bolster,  PTenry  J.,  Corporal. 

Company  F. 

Bogne,  George,  Private,  died  August  12th,  1862,  of  wounds  re- 
ceived at  Cedar  Mountain  Va.,  August  9th,  1862. 

Company  H. 

Moritz,  John,  Private,  died  of  wounds,  with  loss  of  leg,  re- 
ceived at  Cedar  Mountain,  Va.,  August  9th,  1862. 

Company  K. 

Shervin.  William,  Private. 


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